Table 3.

IARC classification of mycotoxins based on their carcinogenicity to humans.

IARC Classification	Mycotoxin (IARC, 2012)	IARC Monograph Reference Year
Group 1: classified as carcinogenic to human	Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, M1	[84,85,86]
Group 2A: classified as probably carcinogenic to human	Not seen as at the time this study was conducted
Group 2B: classified as possibly carcinogenic to human	Ochratoxin A, fumonisin B1, fumonisin B2, fusarin C, sterigmatocystin	[71,87,88,89,90]
Group 3: not classifiable as carcinogenic to human	Deoxynivalenol, patulin, citrinin, zearalenone, fusarenone X	[89,91]
Group 4: probably not carcinogenic to human	Not seen as at the time this study was conducted