Scudamore K A
Central Science Laboratory, Slough, Berks, UK.
Food Addit Contam. 1996;13 Suppl:39-42.
The presence of ochratoxin A in ingredients of animal feeding stuffs is unlikely to produce noticeable effects on animal health or productivity except in the unlikely event of gross contamination. Studies on ochratoxin in cereals and food products have suggested that this mycotoxin is relatively stable under a range of conditions. This raises the question of whether ochratoxin can occur in meat and other animal products, and if so, to what extent this contamination contributes to the human diet. This paper reviews the information on the likely fate of ochratoxin at each stage from raw product to human food. It concludes that small amounts of ochratoxin may survive processing and animal metabolism in products from pigs and poultry but it is highly unlikely to be found in milk or meat from cattle.
除了极不可能出现的严重污染情况外，动物饲料原料中赭曲霉毒素A的存在不太可能对动物健康或生产力产生显著影响。对谷物和食品中赭曲霉毒素的研究表明，这种霉菌毒素在一系列条件下相对稳定。这就提出了一个问题，即赭曲霉毒素是否会出现在肉类和其他动物产品中，如果是，这种污染对人类饮食的贡献程度如何。本文综述了从原料产品到人类食品各个阶段赭曲霉毒素可能的去向的相关信息。结论是，猪和家禽产品中的赭曲霉毒素可能会有少量在加工和动物代谢过程中留存下来，但极不可能在牛的牛奶或肉类中发现。
