Mycotoxin Hazard in Meat and Meat Products

Mycotoxin; is one of the problems threatening human and animal health in food industry. Mycotoxins have some serious harms on human health such as hepatotoxic, neurotoxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic and estrogenic effects. Aflatoxin, ochratoxin A, zearalenone, fumonisins and tricotheenes are mycotoxins which have agricultural and economic importance. According to the studies on these toxins, it appears that meat and meat products play an important role in delivering toxins to humans. Regarding to the mechanism of seconder contamination of toxins to meat, it is important to apply good hygiene practice and good manufacturing practice in food industry. It is important to avoid feding the food animals with contaminated feed in order to prevent from primer contamination of meat with mycotoxins