Advances, challenges and opportunities for point-of-need screening of mycotoxins in foods and feeds. Soares, R. R. G., Ricelli, A., Fanelli, C., Caputo, D., de Cesare, G., Chu, V., Aires-Barros, M. R., & Conde, J. P. ANALYST, 143(5):1015-1035, MAR 7, 2018.
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The assurance of food and feed safety, including the identification and effective monitoring of multiple biological and chemical hazards, is a major societal challenge, given the increasing pace at which food commodities are demanded, produced and traded across the globe. Within this context, mycotoxins are globally widespread secondary fungal metabolites, which can contaminate crops either in the field or during storage and have serious human and animal health impacts such as carcinogenic, teratogenic and hepatotoxic effects. Therefore, their presence in a wide range of foods and feeds is strictly regulated, particularly in the European Union. In order to perform effective and routine monitoring of mycotoxin levels in the field prior to further processing, during transport or during processing, rapid, simple, portable and sensitive means of screening of regulated mycotoxins are in high demand. This review focuses on (1) discussing the relevance of mycotoxins and the standard approaches for their sampling and monitoring; and (2) compiling and discussing recent advances in miniaturized analytical tools for mycotoxin detection. This provides insights into current research efforts and opportunities to develop a truly integrated and fit-for-purpose analytical tool, suitable for use at critical points of the food, feed and raw material processing and distribution chains.
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Author = {Soares, Ruben R. G. and Ricelli, Alessandra and Fanelli, Corrado and
   Caputo, Domenico and de Cesare, Giampiero and Chu, Virginia and
   Aires-Barros, M. Raquel and Conde, Joao P.},
Title = {{Advances, challenges and opportunities for point-of-need screening of
   mycotoxins in foods and feeds}},
Journal = {{ANALYST}},
Year = {{2018}},
Volume = {{143}},
Number = {{5}},
Pages = {{1015-1035}},
Month = {{MAR 7}},
Abstract = {{The assurance of food and feed safety, including the identification and
   effective monitoring of multiple biological and chemical hazards, is a
   major societal challenge, given the increasing pace at which food
   commodities are demanded, produced and traded across the globe. Within
   this context, mycotoxins are globally widespread secondary fungal
   metabolites, which can contaminate crops either in the field or during
   storage and have serious human and animal health impacts such as
   carcinogenic, teratogenic and hepatotoxic effects. Therefore, their
   presence in a wide range of foods and feeds is strictly regulated,
   particularly in the European Union. In order to perform effective and
   routine monitoring of mycotoxin levels in the field prior to further
   processing, during transport or during processing, rapid, simple,
   portable and sensitive means of screening of regulated mycotoxins are in
   high demand. This review focuses on (1) discussing the relevance of
   mycotoxins and the standard approaches for their sampling and
   monitoring; and (2) compiling and discussing recent advances in
   miniaturized analytical tools for mycotoxin detection. This provides
   insights into current research efforts and opportunities to develop a
   truly integrated and fit-for-purpose analytical tool, suitable for use
   at critical points of the food, feed and raw material processing and
   distribution chains.}},
DOI = {{10.1039/c7an01762f}},
ISSN = {{0003-2654}},
EISSN = {{1364-5528}},
ResearcherID-Numbers = {{de Cesare, Giampiero/I-2801-2014
   Aires-Barros, Maria Raquel M.S./E-6021-2010
   Conde, Joao Pedro/F-8533-2012
   Chu, Virginia/I-6048-2014
   Soares, Ruben Rafael Goncalves/H-9580-2019
   }},
ORCID-Numbers = {{de Cesare, Giampiero/0000-0002-9935-2975
   Aires-Barros, Maria Raquel M.S./0000-0002-1813-4280
   Conde, Joao Pedro/0000-0002-5677-3024
   Chu, Virginia/0000-0002-5306-4409
   Soares, Ruben Rafael Goncalves/0000-0001-5958-5232
   Caputo, Domenico/0000-0002-3709-6662}},
Unique-ID = {{ISI:000426704200001}},
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