Ochratoxin a levels in human milk and related food samples: An exposure assessment
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Natural Toxins
- Vol. 3 (6), 436-444
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nt.2620030606
Abstract
Ochratoxin A (OA) is a mycotoxin detected in a variety of food and feeds mostly from countries with temperate or continental climate, because the fungi that produce it, mainly Aspergillus ochraceus, Pénicillium verrucosum, and Pénicillium viridicatum, can grow under a great variety of climate conditions. The aim of this article was, firstly, to confirm the occurrence of OA in human milk in Italy. Then, a preliminary calculation of OA intake via human milk was made, from ingested food. For this investigation, food and milk samples were collected, continuously for a week, from 4 lactating mothers. The obtained results revealed a significant exposure of sucklings and mothers to OA levels higher than the tolerable daily intake as estimated from animal models. On the basis of these data, a major effort in planning surveillance and research programs to control OA contamination in food, feed, and biological fluids should be pursued.Keywords
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