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Review
. 2022 Oct 21;11(20):3304.
doi: 10.3390/foods11203304.

Single, Subsequent, or Simultaneous Treatments to Mitigate Mycotoxins in Solid Foods and Feeds: A Critical Review

Alaa Abou Dib  1   2 , Jean Claude Assaf  1 , André El Khoury  1 , Sami El Khatib  2 , Mohamed Koubaa  3 , Nicolas Louka  1
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Review

Single, Subsequent, or Simultaneous Treatments to Mitigate Mycotoxins in Solid Foods and Feeds: A Critical Review

Alaa Abou Dib et al. Foods. .

Abstract

Mycotoxins in solid foods and feeds jeopardize the public health of humans and animals and cause food security issues. The inefficacy of most preventive measures to control the production of fungi in foods and feeds during the pre-harvest and post-harvest stages incited interest in the mitigation of these mycotoxins that can be conducted by the application of various chemical, physical, and/or biological treatments. These treatments are implemented separately or through a combination of two or more treatments simultaneously or subsequently. The reduction rates of the methods differ greatly, as do their effect on the organoleptic attributes, nutritional quality, and the environment. This critical review aims at summarizing the latest studies related to the mitigation of mycotoxins in solid foods and feeds. It discusses and evaluates the single and combined mycotoxin reduction treatments, compares their efficiency, elaborates on their advantages and disadvantages, and sheds light on the treated foods or feeds, as well as on their environmental impact.

Keywords: combined treatments; decontamination rates; mitigation treatments; mycotoxins; single treatments.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flow chart of the different mycotoxin decontamination methods discussed in this review.
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