A survey of cereals, cereal products, feedstuffs and porcine kidneys for ochratoxin A by radioimmunoassay
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article
- MeSH
- Edible Grain analysis MeSH
- Animal Feed analysis MeSH
- Kidney analysis MeSH
- Ochratoxins analysis MeSH
- Swine MeSH
- Radioimmunoassay * MeSH
- Reagent Kits, Diagnostic MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- ochratoxin A MeSH Browser
- Ochratoxins MeSH
- Reagent Kits, Diagnostic MeSH
A commercial kit for the radioimmunochemical determination of ochratoxin A has been validated for application to various foods and feedstuffs. Using this kit a survey was carried out for the occurrence of ochratoxin A in Czechoslovak cereals, cereal products, feedstuffs and pig kidneys. The results show that the most contaminated are feedstuffs and cereals, in 26.7% and 8.8% of the samples of which, respectively, the ochratoxin A level exceeded 20 micrograms/kg. None of the cereal products and 4.2% of the pig kidneys unfit for human consumption by visual examination possessed ochratoxin A concentration higher than 5 micrograms/kg. Of all the samples analysed, 57% contained no detectable toxin (less than 1 microgram/kg).
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