Dr. Amare Ayalew

1. IntroductionFood safety is a pervasive concern of both the general public and of government authorities worldwide. Yet the insidious nature of mycotoxin contamination of key foods is frequently overlooked. Fungi are often found on crops growing in the field or in storage. Food-borne fungi are capable of producing hundreds of secondary metabolites but only a relative few are regulated, due to th ...

INTRODUCTIONIt is well established that maize grain can be invaded by fungi, which generally cause losses in weight and quality. Moreover, some of the fungi associated with maize are known to contaminate the grain with mycotoxins posing serious hazard to consumer health. On the basis of adverse effects on human and animal health and widespread contamination, aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol (replaced in ...