Survey of T-2/HT-2 toxins in unprocessed cereals, food and feed coming from Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
The aim of this study was to investigate into the level of T-2/HT-2 toxins in different unprocessed cereals (n=201), as well as in marketed cereal-based products (n=58), feed components (n=191) and feedstuffs (n=91) coming from Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The number of positive samples of unprocessed cereals for food production (>LOD) ranged from 30.4% in barley to 68.8% in oat whereas for feed components ranged from 26.9% in wheat to 86.1% in oat. The maximal values found in unprocessed oat and oat-based feed components were 304.2μg/kg and 521.0μg/kg, respectively. As for final products, the highest T-2/HT-2 concentrations were determined in oat flakes (89.4μg/kg) and calf feed (129.3μg/kg). Despite of the increased T-2/HT-2 concentrations found in some of the samples, the obtained values were unanimously lower than the indicative levels given as recommendations above which further investigations should be necessary performed.
Croatian Veterinary Institute Zagreb, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Savska Cesta 143, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: pleadin@veinst.hr.
Jelka
J
Pleadin
University of Mostar, Faculty of Agronomy and Food Technology, Biskupa Čule b.b., 88 000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Višnja
V
Vasilj
Croatian Veterinary Institute Zagreb, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Savska Cesta 143, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Nina
N
Kudumija
University of Mostar, Faculty of Agronomy and Food Technology, Biskupa Čule b.b., 88 000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Danijela
D
Petrović
University of Tuzla, Faculty of Technology, Univerzitetska 8, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Milica
M
Vilušić
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Veterinary Institute Vinkovci, Josipa Kozarca 24, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia.
Mario
M
Škrivanko
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D002417:Cattle; D017523:Croatia; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000737:chemistry*; D001467:Hordeum / Q000737:chemistry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013605:T-2 Toxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis*; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry
D013605:T-2 Toxin; C012351:HT-2 toxin
Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Feed components and feedstuffs; T-2 and HT-2 toxins; Unprocessed cereals and cereal-based products