Occurrence of Alternaria toxins in food products in The Netherlands

Food Control

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-204

  López, Patricia ^a   Venema, Dini ^a   de Rijk, Theo ^a   de Kok, André ^b   Scholten, Jos M ^b   Mol, Hans G J ^a   de Nijs, Monique ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternaria toxins; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Mycotoxins; Occurrence; Processed food

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALIA; CITRUS; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84938868307     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.07.032     Document Type: Article

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