The Occurrence and Contamination Level of Ochratoxin A in Plant and Animal-Derived Food Commodities

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 22; p. 6928
• Main Authors: Li, Xianjiang, Ma, Wen, Ma, Zhiyong, Zhang, Qinghe, Li, Hongmei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17-11-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animal-based foods; Animals; Barley; Beer; Breakfast foods; Cereals; Chromatography; Cocoa; Coffee; Commodities; Contamination; contamination level; Flour; Food; Food Analysis; food commodities; Food contamination; Food contamination & poisoning; Food Contamination - analysis; Food intake; Food safety; Geography; Health risks; Humans; Meat; Mycotoxins; occurrence; Ochratoxin A; Ochratoxins - analysis; Ochratoxins - toxicity; Review; Rice; risk monitoring; Spices; Storage conditions; Toxicity; Pakistan; Iran; United States > US; Europe; China; food commodities; ochratoxin A; contamination level; occurrence; risk monitoring
• ISSN: 1420-3049; 1420-3049
• DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226928

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a highly toxic mycotoxin and poses great threat to human health. Due to its serious toxicity and widespread contamination, great efforts have been made to evaluate its human exposure. This review focuses on the OTA occurrence and contamination level in nine plant and animal derived food commodities: cereal, wine, coffee, beer, cocoa, dried fruit, spice, meat, and milk. The occurrence and contamination level varied greatly in food commodities and were affected by many factors, including spices, geography, climate, and storage conditions. Therefore, risk monitoring must be routinely implemented to ensure minimal OTA intake and food safety.