Livestock, particularly ruminants, can eat a wider range of biomass than humans. In the drive for greater efficiency, intensive systems of livestock production have evolved to compete with humans for high-energy crops such as cereals. Feeds consumed by livestock were analysed in terms of the quantities used and efficiency of conversion of grassland, human-edible ('edible') crops and crop by-pro...

Ochratoxin A (OTA), ochratoxin B (OTB) and citrinin (CIT) in commercial foods were simultaneously determined and confirmed with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The samples examined were made up of cereal, fruit, coffee, and cacao products. The limits of quantification (S/N> or =10) of OTA, OTB and CIT were...

The presence of acrylamide, a mutagen and Group 2A carcinogen, in food, is health concern that might raise cancer risk. Acrylamide mainly formed the Maillard reaction between free asparagine reducing sugars, during industrial thermal food processing or home cooking, at temperature over 120°C. European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 established mitigation measures benchmarks for acrylamide...