OCHRATOXIN A IN RETAIL FLOUR

E. Anne Richardson; Patrick J. Flude; Deryck S.P. Patterson; Donald MacKenzie; Eric H. Wakefield

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(78)91993-1

OCHRATOXIN A IN RETAIL FLOUR

E. Anne Richardson^*, Patrick J. Flude, Deryck S.P. Patterson, Donald MacKenzie, Eric H. Wakefield

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Abstract

Flour delivered to a school in the Bournemouth area was found by thinlayered chromatography to contain up to 6·25 mg/kg of ochratoxin A. Penicillium cyclopium, a fungus known to produce this toxin, was found in discoloured portions of the caked flour. Ochratoxin was also found in a second sack delivered to the school, but not in samples of sound flour or in six samples of flour of varying quality from other sources. The health risk did not appear to be serious.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1366-1367
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	312
Issue number	8104
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(78)91993-1
Publication status	Published - 30 Dec 1978

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