Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Univ. degli Studi di Bari, Strada Provinciale per Casamassima, km 3, 70010 (BA), Italy.
J Food Sci. 2010 Sep;75(7):T123-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01743.x. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
Patulin is a mycotoxin produced by microscopic fungi belonging to the Penicillium and Aspergillus genera, frequently detectable in moldy fruits and their derivatives fruit products. The EC Regulation 1881/06 has imposed the limit for the presence of patulin equal to 10 μg/kg or 10 μg/L in baby food on the basis of a PMTDI of 0.4 μg/kg bw set by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). A total of 120 homogenized baby foods were analyzed to evaluate the exposure of baby and children to patulin through the consumption of these products. None of examined samples has shown a toxin concentration above the limit imposed by the law, however a PAT concentration equal to 9 μg/kg was found in 22 samples, slightly below the fixed limit. The presence of patulin in marketed baby food can be regarded as a parameter indicative of the quality of raw materials used.
棒曲霉素是由青霉属和曲霉属的微观真菌产生的一种真菌毒素，常存在于霉变水果及其衍生的水果制品中。欧盟委员会第 1881/06 号法规基于食品添加剂联合专家委员会（JECFA）设定的 0.4μg/kg bw 的 PMTDI，规定婴儿食品中棒曲霉素的限量为 10μg/kg 或 10μg/L。对 120 种均质婴儿食品进行了分析，以评估婴儿和儿童通过食用这些产品摄入棒曲霉素的情况。检测到的样本中没有任何一种毒素浓度超过法律规定的限量，但有 22 个样本中发现棒曲霉素浓度等于 9μg/kg，略低于规定的限量。市售婴儿食品中棒曲霉素的存在可以被视为所用原材料质量的一个指标。
