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. 2017 Oct 5;12(10):e0185887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185887

Table 8. Beer samples with confirmed FB contaminations (μg/L).

Combined Style Sample Number Craft Country %ABV Screening 6-plex immunoassay (n = 3) Confirmatory analysis LC-MS/MS (n = 1)
average range SD FB1 FB3
African Traditional 272 yes South Africa ? 27 24–31 4 3 <LOD
African Traditional 278 yes Zimbabwe 6 376 357–393 18 281 <LOQ
African Traditional 407 yes South Africa 4 30 28–31 1 11 <LOD
African Traditional 416 yes South Africa ? 5 3–7 2 4 <LOD
African Traditional 417 yes South Africa ? 11 10–12 1 4 <LOD
African Traditional 420 yes South Africa ? 10 8–11 1 5 <LOD
African Traditional 421 yes South Africa ? 24 20–27 4 7 <LOD
African Traditional 423 yes South Africa ? 84 82–88 3 361 <LOD
African Traditional 427 yes South Africa ? 15 13–16 2 3 <LOD
African Traditional 428 yes South Africa ? 15 14–16 1 2 <LOD
African Traditional 429 yes South Africa ? 25 25–26 1 301 <LOD
African Traditional 430 yes South Africa ? 16 16–17 1 3 <LOD
African Traditional 451 yes South Africa ? 28 27–29 1 271 <LOD
African Traditional 452 yes South Africa ? 33 31–35 2 13 <LOD
Non/Low Alcohol 398 no Spain 0 34 32–35 1 281 <LOD
Pale Ale 217 no Poland 5.7 7 3–9 3 12 <LOD
Pale Lager 48 no Germany 5 20 19–21 1 20 <LOD
Pale Lager 280 no Zimbabwe 5 11 10–13 2 11 <LOQ
Pale Lager 386 no Spain 4.8 7 6–8 1 251 <LOQ
Pale Lager 388 no Spain 5.4 22 20–24 2 16 <LOQ
Pale Lager 399 no Spain 5.5 36 32–39 4 9 <LOD
Pale Lager 488 no Italy 4.7 71 64–76 6 511 <LOD
Pale Lager 493 no Italy 4.7 59 58–63 3 15 <LOD
Pale Lager 498 no Italy 4.5 56 54–59 2 11 <LOD

n = number of replicates, %ABV = percentage alcohol by volume, nd = not detected,

1 Value is above the upper quantification limit,

? = %ABV unknown, LOD = limit of detection, LOQ = limit of quantification, FB1 (fumonisin B1), FB3 (fumonisin B3)