Mycotoxins in infant cereal foods from the Canadian retail market

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 494-504

  Lombaert, G A ^a   Pellaers, P ^a   Roscoe, V ^a   Mankotia, M ^b   Neil, R ^b   Scott, P M ^b  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deoxynivalenol; Ergot alkaloids; Fumonisins; Infant cereal foods; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A; Trichothecenes; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID; FUMONISIN A1; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; HT 2 TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; NIVALENOL; OCHRATOXIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALANONE;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BARLEY; CANADA; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARKET; OAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOYBEAN;

CANADA; CEREALS; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MYCOTOXINS; TRICHOTHECENES;

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037774767     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203031000094645     Document Type: Article

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