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. 2020 Sep 30;12(10):628. doi: 10.3390/toxins12100628

Table 2.

Occurrence of mycotoxins in food commodities.

Mycotoxins Commodity Concentration Range (µg/kg) Country References
T-2 and HT-2 Barley grain 26–787 Italy [61,62]
Maize 146 Hungary
Cereal-based products <LOD-209 Tunisia
Wheat 6.7–15.2 Spain
DON Cereal and corn 96–1790 Portugal [63,64]
Wheat-based product 333–1821 Portugal
Maize grain ND-700 Ethiopia
Sorghum grain 40–112 Ethiopia
ZEA Corn 59–505 Philippines [63,64,65]
Cereal and corn 5–930 Portugal
Sorghum grain 7.2–382 Ethiopia
BEA Rice 3800–26,300 Morocco [46]
Cereal 0.1–10,600 Morocco
ENN A Rice 8400–119,500 Morocco [46]
ENN A1 Rice 56,200–448,700 Morocco
ENN B Rice 4400–26,200 Morocco
ENN B1 Rice 3600–23,700 Morocco
FB1 Maize ND-1106 Zimbabwe [3,63]
Industrial processed food 43–836 Nigeria
Dried sweet potato chips 29.34–628.78 Tanzania
Corn 113–1162 Portugal
Corn products 183–2026 Portugal
AOH Tomato sauce 1.2–20.8 Europe [46,64,66]
Sunflower oil 0.7–2.9 Europe
Sorghum grain 75–1090 Ethiopia
Cereal 0.75–832 Germany
Fruit juices 15–100 Germany
AME Tomato sauce <LOQ-4.7 Europe [46,64,66]
Sunflower oil <LOQ-7.1 Europe
Sorghum grain 13–257 Ethiopia
Cereal 0.3–905 Germany
Fruit juices 0.13–4.9 Germany
ALT Tomato products 6.1–62 Belgium [46]
Fruit juices 1.18–18.4 Germany
ATXs Tomato sauce 0.5–3.7 Europe [66]
Sunflower oil 2–4.7 Europe
TeA Tomato sauce <LOQ-691 Europe [46,66]
Sunflower oil 24–458 Europe
Fruit juices 1.1–250 Germany
Infant food 0.8–1200 Germany
TEN Tomato sauce 0.2–1.2 Europe [46,66]
Sunflower oil <LOQ-21.8 Europe
Fruit juices 0.5–10.7 Germany
AFB1 Polished rice 1–2546 Philippines [64,65]
Sorghum grain <7.5–359 Ethiopia
PAT Apples 3.2–1500 Portugal [63]
Quince jam 9.7–28.7 Portugal
OTA Cereals 0.27–7.97 Portugal [63,64,65]
Coffee beans 8-36,561 Philippines
Sorghum grain 3.7–163 Ethiopia

LOQ: Limit of quantitation; ND: Not detected.