Worldwide contamination of food-crops with mycotoxins: Validity of the widely cited ‘FAO estimate’ of 25%

Mari Eskola; Gregor Kos; Christopher T. Elliott; Jana Hajšlová; Sultan Mayar; Rudolf Krska

doi:10.1080/10408398.2019.1658570

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Worldwide contamination of food-crops with mycotoxins: Validity of the widely cited ‘FAO estimate’ of 25%

Mari Eskola

Gregor Kos

Christopher T. Elliott

Jana Hajšlová Sultan Mayar

Rudolf Krska

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Vol. 60 No. 16 pp. 2773-2789 · Informa UK Limited

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Published: Sep 03, 2019
Vol/Issue: 60(16)
Pages: 2773-2789
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Authors

M

Mari Eskola

Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Tulln, Austria;

G

Gregor Kos

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada;

C

Christopher T. Elliott

Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;

J

Jana Hajšlová

Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 6, Czech Republic

S

Sultan Mayar

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada;

R

Rudolf Krska

Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Tulln, Austria;; Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;

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Mari Eskola, Gregor Kos, Christopher T. Elliott, et al. (2019). Worldwide contamination of food-crops with mycotoxins: Validity of the widely cited ‘FAO estimate’ of 25%. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 60(16), 2773-2789. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2019.1658570

Worldwide contamination of food-crops with mycotoxins: Validity of the widely cited ‘FAO estimate’ of 25%

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