These are the types of toxins AVA screen and test in food for import and export by using sensitive and rapid analysis methods.
1. Mycotoxins:
Aflatoxins B and G in grains and nuts
Aflatoxin M in milk
Patulin in apple juice
Ochratoxins A
2. Marine biotoxins:
Toxigenic strains of algae (Red Tide) -> accumulate in fish and shellfish
Paralytic Shellfish Poison (saxitoxin)
Diarrhetic Shellfish Poison (Okadaic acid)
Amnesic Shellfish Poison (Domoic acid)
3. Bacterial toxins
Staphylococcus aureus (food)
Bacillus cereus (food)
4. Other natural toxicants or allergens
Histamine (scombroid fish)
Taken from: Testing of Food and Food Products , 8 May 2008, http://www.ava.gov.sg/AVA/Templates/AVA-GenericContentTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fFoodSector%2fFoodTestingAndCertification%2fTestingOfFoodAndFoodProd%2f&NRNODEGUID=%7b036F87DA-E1EF-410B-B53B-9EF71CC3E636%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest#TXN
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