• DOI:10.2527/1992.70123941X
Corpus ID: 1991432

Mycotoxins in foods and feeds in the United States.

@article{Wood1992MycotoxinsIF,
  title={Mycotoxins in foods and feeds in the United States.},
  author={G. Wood},
  journal={Journal of animal science},
  year={1992},
  volume={70 12},
  pages={
          3941-9
        }
}

G. Wood

Published 1992

Biology, Medicine

Journal of animal science

Mycotoxins are considered unavoidable contaminants in foods and feeds because agronomic technology has not yet advanced to the stage at which preharvest infection of susceptible crops by fungi can be eliminated. The aflatoxins have received greater attention than any of the other mycotoxins because of their demonstrated carcinogenic effects in susceptible animals and their acute toxic effects in humans. Since 1965, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has enforced regulatory limits on… CONTINUE READING

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