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. 2017 Sep 11;15(9):e04718. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4718

Table 7.

Summary of published study results on occurrence of DON, 3‐Ac‐DON, 15‐Ac‐DON and DON‐3‐glucoside in grain‐based food products

Country Type of samples Number of samples Maximum (μg/kg) DON Maximum (μg/kg) DON‐3‐glucoside Maximum (μg/kg) 3‐Ac‐DON Maximum (μg/kg) 15‐Ac‐DON Observations and remarks Reference
Austria, UK Cereal‐based foods 62

254

248

n.d. n.d. n.r. Maximum DON values given for Austria (bran flakes) and UK (crackers), respectively Vendl et al. (2010)
Belgium Cereal‐based foods 174 718 425 431 194

Maximum values for DON, 3‐Ac‐DON and 15‐Ac‐DON: corn flakes

Maximum value for DON‐3‐glucoside: fibre‐enriched bread

De Boevre et al. (2012)
Belgium Bread and breakfast cereals 45 316 n.d. n.d. n.d. Data reported as means of positive samples instead of maximum values; mean value for DON: bread Vanheule et al. (2014)
Poland Malt syrup 1 n.d. n.d. n.r. n.r. Desmarchelier and Seefelder (2011)
Italy Grain‐based cereals 182 83 n.r. 5 n.r. Maximum values in wheat‐based cereals Rodríguez‐Carrasco et al. (2014b)
Czech Republic Cereal‐based products 116 594 94 n.r n.r.

Maximum value DON: flour

Maximum value DON‐3‐glucoside: snacks

Malachova et al. (2011)
Czech Republic malt, beer, commercially baked goods 36

139

62

431

186

82

33

n.r. n.r. Maximum values given for malt, beer and baked goods respectively Zachariasova et al. (2012)
Germany Beer 9 28 63 n.r. n.r. Habler et al. (2016)
Germany Barley malt from 2012, 2013, 2014 30 10,300 19,000 436 287 Maximum values were all from 2012 Habler and Rychlik (2016)
Produced in 38 countries, purchased in Central Europe Beer 374 89 81 n.d. n.r. Varga et al. (2013)
Austria Beer 60 30 32 n.d. n.r. Malachova et al. (2012)
25 European countries Beer 106 19 n.r. n.d. n.d. Bertuzzi et al. (2011)

n.r.: not reported; n.d.: not detected.