“Mycotoxin Binder”?

Methods for prevention and decontamination
of mycotoxins
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• Prevention of mycotoxin contamination
• Pre- and post-harvest control and harvest management
• Codex Alimentarius – codes of practice for the prevention and reduction
of mycotoxins in cereals, peanuts, apple products, raw materials
• The use of HACCP – to consider in the future
• Although the prevention of mycotoxin contamination in the field is the
main goal of agricultural and food industries, under certain environmental
conditions the contamination of various commodities with mycotoxins is
unavoidable
• Detoxification of mycotoxins
• Removal from contaminated commodities
• Inactivation of mycotoxins by physical, chemical or biological methods
• Neither the use of chemical decontamination processes, nor the mixing of
batches with the aim of decreasing the level of contamination below the
maximum tolerable level are legal within the EU
Mycotoxins can not be entirely eliminated