JSM Mycotoxins
Online ISSN : 1881-0128
Print ISSN : 0285-1466
ISSN-L : 0285-1466
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Occurrence of ochratoxin A and ochratoxin B in commercial coffee in Vietnam and Thailand
Kraisate WongworapatMi Huynh Tu HoManita SoontornjanagitOsamu Kawamura
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2016 Volume 66 Issue 1 Pages 1-6

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  Occurrence of ochratoxin A (OTA) and ochratoxin B (OTB) in 32 Vietnamese roasted coffees, 30 Thai roasted coffees and 38 Thai instant coffees was performed using an immunoaffinity column-HPLC method. Twenty-six of Vietnamese roasted coffees were contaminated with overall average 0.75 μg/kg of OTA and 11 samples were contaminated with overall average 0.20 μg/kg of OTB. Four of Thai roasted coffees were contaminated with overall average 0.17 μg/kg of OTA and one sample was contaminated with 0.56 μg/ kg of OTB. Twenty-eight of Thai instant coffees were contaminated with overall average 2.19 μg/kg of OTA, and OTB from these samples was not detected. There was no sample more than OTA regulatory limits of European Union. Therefore, it seems that the risk of ochratoxins in retail coffees in Vietnam and Thailand was acceptably low. This report is the first on occurrence of OTB in Vietnamese roasted coffee and ochratoxins in Thai instant coffee.

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