Aflatoxin concentrations can be measured in a variety of ways, all of which rely on product sampling, destruction, and alteration, all of which are expensive and time-consuming, as well as resulting in a plethora of losses.
Traditional quality detection methods cannot maintain the integrity of the food and it cannot even be eaten, resulting in a lot of waste, and also cannot detect aflatoxin in the early stages, as well as being time-consuming, laborious and destructive.
One of the most common causes of animal illness and death is the presence of mycotoxins. Because of the reduced productivity, increased disease incidence, and impaired reproductive function that mycotoxins in animals cause, they cause significant economic losses.
Mycotoxins have a wide range of economic impacts, including the following:
Loss of human and animal life
Higher health care and veterinary care expenditures
Reduced livestock production
Disposal of contaminated foods and feeds
Investment in research and applications to minimize the severity of the mycotoxin problem
Aflatoxin exposure may be to blame for up to 25,200-150,000 of the 550,000-600,000 new instances of live cancer per year around the world. Due to the prevention of aflatoxin contamination and control of its amount in food and burdens on the food trade, the need to create and develop methods for measuring the amount of this toxin in food has become more and more obvious.
Aflatoxin detection methods are an important initial step in preventing exposure to AF contamination. For the detection of aflatoxin in food and agricultural products, there are numerous approaches, including thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Despite their accuracy and sensitivity, these analytical approaches tend to be costly, time-consuming, and harmful. Additionally, they typically require the services of skilled professionals and can’t be used online. Furthermore, because of the inhomogeneous presence of aflatoxin in products, sample-based analysis often provides a limited view of the contamination level.
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