Co-occurrence of ochratoxin a and aflatoxins in chocolate marketed in Brazil

Food Control

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Copetti, Marina V ^a   Iamanaka, Beatriz T ^b   Pereira, José Luís ^c   Lemes, Daniel P ^b   Nakano, Felipe ^b   Taniwaki, Marta H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Chocolate; Cocoa; Food safety; Mycotoxin; Ochratoxin

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84856018534     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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