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Uredbe Europske unije u svezi s mikotoksinima u hrani
Mycotoxins are fungal metabolites that are present in a large part of the world food supply and bear potential threat to food safety. The European Union has been working for several years now on the harmonization of some mycotoxin standards for foods based on toxicological evaluation by its Scientific Committee on Food (SCF). These standards will follow the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle and will be applied to aflatoxins in the first place followed by ochratoxin A, patulin, and several toxins from Fusarium spp. Detailed regulations (limits, methods of sampling, and analysis) for aflatoxins B, G, and M on the commodities at stake have been worked out. At the moment, a variety of interrelated approaches as to the intake and toxicity of ochratoxin A are being discussed to assess the hazards and to determine the associated risk of this toxin. The other toxins like patulin and the ones derived from Fusarium spp. such as zearalenon and fumonisins will be discussed in the years to come.Mikotoksini su potencijalno opasni gljiviÄni metaboliti koji su prisutni u mnogim prehrambenim proizvodima. Europska unija veÄ nekoliko godina radi na usklaÄivanju normi za mikotoksine u hrani koje se zasnivaju na toksikoloÅ”koj procjeni Znanstvenog odbora za hranu (engl. Scientific Committee on Food). Ove Äe norme slijediti naÄelo razumnog minimuma te Äe se odnositi prije svega na aflatoksine, okratoksin A, patulin i nekoliko drugih toksina iz vrsta Fusarium. Upravo se donose precizne uredbe (glede ograniÄenja, metoda uzorkovanja i analize) u svezi s aflatoksinima B, G i M. Trenutno se raspravlja o razliÄitim meÄusobno povezanim pristupima unosu i toksiÄnosti okratoksina A kako bi se procijenila opasnost i rizici vezani za ovaj toksin. Tek slijedi rasprava o patulinu odnosno toksinima iz vrsta Fusarium kao Å”to su zearalenon i fumonizini