Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 53 No. 2, 2022.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.53.2.9
Finding of citrinin in maize from Croatian family farms over a five-year period
Jelka Pleadin
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Nina Kudumija
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Tina Lešić
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Frece
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Kmetič
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia
Lidija Dergestin Bačun
; Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Ksenija Markov
; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Mycotoxins frequently contaminate food and animal feed, primarily cereals and cereal-based products. Citrinin is a mycotoxin synthesized by several moulds from the genera Penicillium, Aspergillus and Monascus, including P. citrinum as the most significant producer. Given the lack of data on the levels of citrinin in cereals, its concentration in maize (n=158) from family farms in Croatia was analysed over a five-year period (2017- 2021). Citrinin was detected in 25.3% of maize samples collected from throughout Croatia during the five-year period. The highest
average concentrations were established in 2016 (162.9±162.0 μg/kg) and in 2020 (154.9±358.8 μg/kg), and the maximum concentration of 968.6 μg/kg was determined in 2020 in maize sampled from the southern region. Given the established significant contamination of certain samples, it can be concluded that there is a need for systematic control of citrinin in food and feed, and to stipulate the maximum permitted limits of this mycotoxin in the legislation.
Keywords
citrinin; contamination of cereals; maize; maximum limit; legislation
Hrčak ID:
261862
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Publication date:
24.6.2021.
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