Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Safety

Deepak Bhatnagar, Kaushal K. Shinha

"The book is well produced and the editors are to be congratulated in assembling an interesting team of well-informed authors. It should prove to be a useful reference book at all levels of interest in mycotoxins for some time to come."---Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Safety"The book is well produced and the editors are to be congratulated in assembling an interesting team of well-informed authors. It should prove to be a useful reference book at all levels of interest in mycotoxins for some time to come. "---International Journal of Food Science and Technology

• Part 1 Mycotoxins in food crops and analysis: mycotoxins in preharvest contamination of agricultural crops; distribution of fusarium species and their mycotoxins in cereal grains; toxigenic alternaria species of economic importance; the design of sampling plans for the determination of mycotoxins in foods and feeds; mycotoxin analytical techniques. Part 2 Toxicity of mycotoxins: determination of human exposure to aflatoxins; mechanistic interactions of mycotoxins - theoretical considerations. Part 3 Factors in mycotoxin formation: mycotoxin formation and environmental factors; process of contamination by aflotoxin-producing fungi and their impact on crops; the involvement of arthropods in the establishment of mycotoxigenic fungi under field conditions. Part 4 Management of mycotoxin contamination: recent advances in preharvest prevention of mycotoxin contaminants; detoxification of mycotoxins and food safety; effectiveness of postharvest procedures in management of mycotoxin hazards; mycotoxins - risk evaluation and management in radiation-processed foods. Part 5 Food safety regulation pertaining to mycotoxins: regulatory control programmes for mycotoxin-contaminated food; the role of national governments and international agencies in the risk analysis of mycotoxins.