Advances, challenges and opportunities for point-of-need screening of mycotoxins in foods and feeds
The assurance of food and feed safety, including the identification and effective monitoring of multiple bio- logical and chemical hazards, is a major societal challenge, given the increasing pace at which food com- modities are demanded, produced and traded across the globe. Within this context, mycotoxins are globally widespread secondary fungal metabolites, which can contaminate crops either in the field or during storage and have serious human and animal health impacts such as carcinogenic, teratogenic and hepatotoxic effects.