Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 11031, Taiwan.
Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei City 11561, Taiwan.
Toxins (Basel). 2019 Feb 1;11(2):80. doi: 10.3390/toxins11020080.
Aflatoxins are highly toxic and cause disease in livestock and humans. In order to assess Taiwan population exposure to aflatoxin from peanuts and peanut products, a total of 1089 samples of peanut candy, peanut butter, and peanuts etc. were collected in the period from 2011 to 2017 and analyzed using a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometer. The overall mean contamination levels of aflatoxin in peanuts and peanut products were 2.40 μg/kg of aflatoxin B1, 0.41 μg/kg of aflatoxin B2, 0.19 μg/kg of aflatoxin G1, and 0.03 μg/kg of aflatoxin G2. We use margin of exposure (MOE) as a tool to improve food safety management. According to MOE levels of aflatoxins in peanuts and peanut products from China, Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, and the Philippines were above the safe lower limit of 10,000, indicating an absence of public health or safety risk for the majority of the population. However, products from Vietnam were under the MOE safe lower limit, suggesting that regulatory actions must be continued to avoid excessive consumer exposure.
黄曲霉毒素毒性很强，会导致牲畜和人类患病。为了评估台湾地区人群从花生和花生制品中摄入黄曲霉毒素的情况，我们于 2011 年至 2017 年期间共采集了 1089 份花生糖、花生酱和花生等样品，并使用液相色谱/串联质谱仪进行了分析。花生和花生制品中黄曲霉毒素的总体平均污染水平为：黄曲霉毒素 B1 为 2.40μg/kg，黄曲霉毒素 B2 为 0.41μg/kg，黄曲霉毒素 G1 为 0.19μg/kg，黄曲霉毒素 G2 为 0.03μg/kg。我们使用接触量（MOE）作为一种工具来改善食品安全管理。根据中国、印度尼西亚、泰国、美国和菲律宾花生和花生制品中黄曲霉毒素的 MOE 水平，均高于 10000 的安全下限，这表明大多数人群不存在公共卫生或安全风险。然而，来自越南的产品低于 MOE 的安全下限，这表明必须继续采取监管行动，以避免消费者过度接触。
