Mycotoxins cause adverse effects on human health. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to confront them, particularly in agriculture and food systems. Non-thermal plasma, electron beam radiation, and pulsed light are possible novel non-thermal technologies offering promising results in degrading mycotoxins with potential for practical applications. In this paper, the available publications are reviewed-some of them report efficiency of more than 90%, sometimes almost 100%. The mechanisms of action, advantages, efficacy, limitations, and undesirable effects are reviewed and discussed. The first foretastes of plasma and electron beam application in the industry are in the developing stages, while pulsed light has not been employed in large-scale application yet.

Department of Food Science and Technology Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz 516615731 Iran

Department of Food Science and Technology Food and Drug Safety Research Center Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz 516615731 Iran

Department of Physics and Measurements University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Technická 5 166 28 Prague Czech Republic

Student Research Committee Department of Food Science and Technology National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute Faculty of Nutrition Sciences Food Science and Technology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran 1983963113 Iran

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