Perspective on Advancing FDA Regulatory Monitoring for Mycotoxins in Foods using Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (Review)

The presence of mycotoxins (such as aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, and patulin) is routinely monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that their concentrations in food are below the levels requiring regulatory action or advisories. To improve the efficiency of myco...

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Published in:Journal of AOAC International 2016-07, Vol.99 (4), p.890-894
Main Authors: Zhang, Kai, Wong, Jon W, Krynitsky, Alexander J, Trucksess, Mary W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed - analysis
Carbon Radioisotopes
Chromatography, Liquid - methods
Chromatography, Liquid - standards
Food Analysis - methods
Mycotoxins - analysis
Tandem Mass Spectrometry - methods
Tandem Mass Spectrometry - standards
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
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Summary:The presence of mycotoxins (such as aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, and patulin) is routinely monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that their concentrations in food are below the levels requiring regulatory action or advisories. To improve the efficiency of mycotoxin analysis, the researchers at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition have been evaluating modern LC-MS technologies. Consequently, a variety of LC-tandem MS and LC-high-resolution MS methods have been developed, which simultaneously identify and quantitate multiple mycotoxins in foods and feeds. Although matrix effects (matrix-induced ion suppression or enhancement) associated with LC-MS-based mycotoxin analysis remain, this review discusses methods for managing these effects and proposes practical solutions for the future implementation of LC-MS-based multimycotoxin analysis.
ISSN:1060-3271
1944-7922
DOI:10.5740/jaoacint.16-0116