Mycotoxins and consumers’ awareness: Recent progress and future challenges

While food shortages have become an important challenge, providing safe food resources is a point of interest on a global scale. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites that are formed through various fungi species. They are mainly spread through diets such as food or beverages. About one quarter of th...

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Published in:Toxicon (Oxford) 2023-08, Vol.232, p.107227-107227, Article 107227
Main Authors: Mukhtar, Kinza, Nabi, Brera Ghulam, Ansar, Sadia, Bhat, Zuhaib F., Aadil, Rana Muhammad, Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumer awareness
Food
food contamination
food security
Global trade
globalization
international trade
Mycotoxins
risk reduction
secondary metabolites
Toxicity
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Summary:While food shortages have become an important challenge, providing safe food resources is a point of interest on a global scale. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites that are formed through various fungi species. They are mainly spread through diets such as food or beverages. About one quarter of the world's food is spoiled with mycotoxins. As this problem is not resolved, it represents a significant threat to global food security. Besides the current concerns regarding the contamination of food items by these metabolites, the lack of knowledge by consumers and their possible growth and toxin production attracted considerable attention. While globalization provides a favorite condition for some countries, food security still is challenging for most countries. There are various approaches to reducing the mycotoxigenic fungi growth and formation of mycotoxins in food, include as physical, chemical, and biological processes. The current article will focus on collecting data regarding consumers' awareness of mycotoxins. Furthermore, a critical overview and comparison among different preventative approaches to reduce risk by consumers will be discussed. Finally, the current effect of mycotoxins on global trade, besides future challenges faced by mycotoxin contamination on food security, will be discussed briefly. [Display omitted] •Consumer preferences towards organic food could reduce mycotoxins exposure.•Current effect of mycotoxins on global trade was discussed.•Mycotoxins infestation outrageously affects the economy.
ISSN:0041-0101
1879-3150
DOI:10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107227