Mycotoxins found in wheat flour from Shandong, China
What it found
Most wheat flour samples from Shandong, China contained the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol, but eating wheat flour contributed little to people's daily intake of it.
What they found
Studies in people
Daily intake estimate
The authors estimated how much of these mycotoxins local people take in each day. They found that wheat flour contributes little to DON exposure.
Other findings
Most common mycotoxin
Deoxynivalenol (DON) was found in 97.2% of the wheat flour samples. The average level in the samples that contained it was 86.7 µg kg(-1).
Other common mycotoxins
Nivalenol was found in 40.4% of samples and deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside in 33.4%. Their average levels in positive samples were 3.55 and 3.34 µg kg(-1).
What the authors conclude
“wheat flour consumption contributes little to DON exposure”
Also in their conclusions
- They say that to keep contamination levels under control and to get a more precise picture of mycotoxin burden in Shandong Province, more sample data from different harvest years and seasons are needed in the future.
How it was done
The authors wanted to check how common and how concentrated eight mycotoxins were in wheat flour from Shandong Province, and to estimate how much of these substances local people take in from flour.
They tested 359 wheat flour samples from Shandong Province, China, using a lab method that measures multiple mycotoxins at once. They then used the results to estimate the daily intake of the local population.
What it can’t tell you
- We summarised it from the abstract only.
- This study measured mycotoxin levels in flour samples and estimated intake. It did not follow people over time to see if any health effects occurred.
Who paid
- Authors work at
- Shandong Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, People's Republic of China; Shandong University, People's Republic of China
The paper
- Title
- Mycotoxins in wheat flour and intake assessment in Shandong province of China
- Type
- Study
- Evidence
- Studies in people
- Summarised from
- Abstract only
- Cite
- Li F, Jiang D, Zhou J, Chen J, Li W, Zheng F (2016). Mycotoxins in wheat flour and intake assessment in Shandong province of China. Food additives & contaminants. Part B, Surveillance. doi:10.1080/19393210.2016.1154109PubMed 26892316DOI
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