A survey of the incidence and level of aflatoxin contamination in a range of imported spice preparations on the Irish retail market

Food Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1429-1435

  O' Riordan, Michael J ^a   Wilkinson, Martin G ^b  

^a St Finbarr's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; HPLC; Ireland; Spices

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2;

ARTICLE; CINNAMON; CORIANDER; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRELAND; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; POWDER; SAMPLING; SPICE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 36448975467     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.073     Document Type: Article

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