Researches Regarding the Presence of some Mycotoxins in Different Vegetal Products Used as Food stuffs or Fodders

摘要

The mycotoxin contamination of some products which constitutes vegetal substrates in differentfoodstuff or fodder was often ignored, despite the fact that the consumption of such products mayseriously jeopardize the health. Different food stuffs and fodders samples were collected from a county inthe South of Romania and it was studied the concentration of ochratoxin A, zearalenone, fumonisin,deoxynivalenol (DON) and total aflatoxin. Mycotoxins identification was made by using ELISA methodand the results interpretation was done according to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) no.1881/2006. Following the investigations there were recorded values of 1,28-5,40 times higher than theadmitted limits for DON concentration in 7 out of 194 analyzed samples and of 1,40-5,00 times higher forochratoxin A in 2 out of 93 analyzed samples. For zearalenone, total aflatoxin and fumonisin, theconcentrations ranged within the admitted limits in all samples. During this study, mycotoxincontamination was noticed for a large number of samples. Even if the levels of contamination recordedvalues lower than the admitted limit, they provide a clear picture regarding the quality of raw materialsused for various food and fodder and their processing, transport, storage and marketing conditions.