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  • Food safety
  • Mycology
  • Veterinary toxicology

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  • Fungal tremorgens are known contaminants of animal feed supplies.
  • Many fungi produce tremorgenic metabolites, raising concerns about food contamination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential for fungal tremorgenic metabolites to contaminate the human food supply.
  • To evaluate the indirect entry of tremorgens into the food chain via animal tissues.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of animal tissues, specifically cattle, fed fungal tremorgens.
  • Investigating tremorgen residue levels in edible tissues.

Main Results:

  • Tremorgen contamination in feed is established.
  • Potential for tremorgenic metabolites to enter the food supply requires further investigation.
  • Tissue residue analysis in cattle is proposed to confirm indirect contamination.

Conclusions:

  • The established contamination of feed necessitates further study on food supply risks.
  • Analysis of cattle tissues is crucial to determine if tremorgens transfer to the food supply.