title: Challenges and issues concerning mycotoxins contamination in oil seeds and their edible oils: Updates from last decade.
abstract: Safety concerns pertaining towards fungal occurrence and mycotoxins contamination in agri-food commodities has been an issue of high apprehension. With the increase in evidence based research knowledge on health effects posed by ingestion of mycotoxins-contaminated food and feed by humans and livestock, concerns have been raised towards providing more insights on screening of agri-food commodities to benefit consumers. Available reports indicate majority of edible oil-yielding seeds to be contaminated by various fungi, capable of producing mycotoxins. These mycotoxins can enter human food chain via use of edible oils or via animals fed with contaminated oil cake residues. In this review, we have decisively evaluated available data (from the past decade) pertaining towards fungal occurrence and level of mycotoxins in various oil seeds and their edible oils. This review can be of practical use to justify the prevailing gaps, especially relevant to the research on presence of mycotoxins in edible plant based oils.
authors.affiliation: Food Science Department, College of Engineering, Science and Technology (CEST), School of Sciences, Nabua Campus, Fiji National University, Fiji Islands. Electronic address: rajeev.bhat@fnu.ac.fj.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Center, Sri. Biotech Laboratories, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Kasa Ravindra Nadha
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000737:chemistry*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D009821:Oils / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins; D009821:Oils
keywords: Edible oil; Fungi; Management; Mycotoxins; Oil seeds; Safety