title: Forthcoming Challenges in Mycotoxins Toxicology Research for Safer Food-A Need for Multi-Omics Approach.
abstract: The presence of mycotoxins in food represents a severe threat for public health and welfare, and poses relevant research challenges in the food toxicology field. Nowadays, food toxicologists have to provide answers to food-related toxicological issues, but at the same time they should provide the appropriate knowledge in background to effectively support the evidence-based decision-making in food safety. Therefore, keeping in mind that regulatory actions should be based on sound scientific findings, the present opinion addresses the main challenges in providing reliable data for supporting the risk assessment of foodborne mycotoxins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma 43124, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dellafiora
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma 43124, Italy. chiara.dallasta@unipr.it.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dall'Asta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D055432:Metabolomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014116:Toxicology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins
keywords: food toxicology; foodborne diseases; mechanisms of action; multi-omic approach; mycotoxins; regulations; risk assessment