Mycotoxins in Infant Food Proficiency Test

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Product Specification

Proficiency Test Information
Product Code Proficiency Test Matrix Approx. Size
FCMM6-INF8

04512

Infant Food

150g

Analytes

Aflatoxin B1, Aflatoxin B2, Aflatoxin G1, Aflatoxin G2, Aflatoxins (total), Ochratoxin A, Zearalenone (ZON), Deoxynivalenol (DON), Fumonisin B1, Fumonisin B2, Total Fumonisins (sum FB1 & FB2), T-2, HT-2, Sum T-2 & HT-2

Comments

Contamination of matrix with two or more from the following list:

Test Description

This proficiency test provides a mycotoxin contamination test material, which may contain any mycotoxin from the list provided.  As a rule the test material will contain 2 or more of the stated mycotoxins listed. 

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi on agricultural commodities in the field or during storage.  It is estimated at 25% of the world's food crops are affected, resulting in large commercial losses. Mycotoxins can cause serious health problems (including some being suspected carcinogens) and so are tightly regulated across the world. Mycotoxin contamination is the largest cause of rapid alerts raised against imported food products.  Fapas has introduced multi-mycotoxin proficiency tests as well as those for emerging mycotoxins.

Commercial infant food makes up a large proportion of infants' diets within an extremely important period of development. Usual characteristics of infant foods include the longer shelf life as oppose to fresh ingredients, this can lead to an increased risk of mycotoxin contamination due to the longer exposure to storage conditions which may or may not meet effective quality standards. To mitigate this risk food manufacturers rely on your food testing abilities to highlight any potential mycotoxin risk within foodstuffs, from which to address this supply chain issue and protect the end consumer. This places a large strain on your testing credibility and therefore overall testing ability.

Proficiency testing can be used to improve your overall testing capability, from which you can highlight any areas of improvement within your current testing practices to determine how best to improve your routine analysis. Fapas real food matrices make this decision much easier by allowing direct comparisons between your proficiency testing activities and routine analysis. This can lead to faster, more concise improvements being taken within your overall testing capabilities.

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