Journal
FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS PART B-SURVEILLANCE
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 199-208Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2019.1597927
Keywords
Multi-mycotoxin analysis; herbal teas; tea infusions; HPLC-TOF-MS; HPLC-MS/MS; dietary exposure assessment
Funding
- European Regional Development Fund [1.1.1.2/VIAA/1/16/219]
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The occurrence of 12 mycotoxins has been analysed by liquid chromatography - time of flight mass spectrometry in the batch of 60 herbal teas purchased from drugstores in Latvia. Among the dry tea samples, 90% were positive for one to eight mycotoxins. Enniatin B and deoxynivalenol (DON) were the most frequently detected mycotoxins in 55% and 45% of the samples, respectively. DON reached the highest level, from 129 mu g kg(-1) in herbal blend to 5,463 mu g kg(-1) in wormwood tea. Ochratoxin A (OTA) and aflatoxin B-1 (AFB(1)) were found in 10% and 20% of the samples at the concentrations ranged between 2.99-30.3 mu g kg(-1) and 3.40-23.7 mu g kg(-1). Studies of the tea infusion process indicated that 32-100% of DON and zearalenone present in dry teas were extracted into the infusions. Dietary exposure assessment was performed, using the determined mycotoxin levels and the available consumption data.
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