Mycotoxin concentration data quality: the role of sampling.

Abstract

AbstractSound strategies for the meaningful evaluation of mycotoxin contamination should include: (i) identification of the sites (where) and time (when) that lots are to be sampled, and (ii) a protocol to ensure that the test sample is representative of the lot from which it was taken. In this chapter we detail the European norms for sampling for aflatoxins in cereals, milk, dried fruits, dried figs, peanuts, nuts, spices and baby foods, for ochratoxin A in cereals, coffee, dried fruits, spices, wine, dried vine fruits and baby foods, and for Fusarium toxins in cereals and baby foods.