Facing tropane alkaloid contamination in millet

IF 4.6 3区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods Pub Date : 2021-01-06 DOI:10.15586/QAS.V13I2.888

Jens Begemann, Saman Ostovar, C. Schwake-Anduschus

引用次数: 4

Abstract

Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) is a tropane alkaloid containing widespread pest plant growing in central Europe. This pest predominantly occurs in millet, buckwheat and maize cultivation. Therefore, sound cleaning of these crops is just as pivotal as reliable analytics. The cleaning of millet at laboratory scale with commercial mechanical cleaning devices, such as sieves, indented separators or table sorters without using colour sorters, reduces the dark coloured Datura seed content by up to 99%. Nevertheless, the few remaining Datura seeds (up to one nut per 30 kg) could lead to an exceedance of the European Union (EU) limit values for tropane alkaloids in baby food. However, plant material other than seeds or even invisible abrasion of Datura seeds can contaminate the millet during harvest, handling, cleaning processes or crop transportation. Contamination originating from adhesive dust can be removed by dehulling the kernels, and a reduction below the EU detection limit could be achieved.

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面对小米中的莨菪生物碱污染

刺苹果或吉姆森杂草（曼陀罗）是一种含有tropane生物碱的害虫植物，生长在中欧。这种害虫主要发生在小米、荞麦和玉米种植中。因此，对这些作物进行合理的清洁与可靠的分析一样至关重要。在实验室规模内，使用商用机械清洁设备（如筛子、锯齿分离器或台式分拣机）清洁小米，而不使用彩色分拣机，可将深色曼陀罗种子含量降低99%。然而，为数不多的曼陀罗种子（每30公斤最多一个坚果）可能会导致婴儿食品中tropane生物碱超过欧盟（EU）的限值。然而，除种子外的植物材料，甚至曼陀罗种子的无形磨损，都会在收获、处理、清洁过程或作物运输过程中污染小米。来自粘合剂灰尘的污染可以通过对内核进行除湿来去除，并且可以将污染降低到欧盟检测限以下。

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Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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4.60

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7.50%

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审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： ''Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods'' is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing research and review papers associated with the quality and safety of food and food sources including cereals, grains, oilseeds, fruits, root crops and animal sources. It targets both primary materials and their conversion to human foods. There is a strong focus on the development and application of new analytical tools and their potential for quality assessment, assurance, control and safety. The scope includes issues of risk assessment, traceability, authenticity, food security and socio-economic impacts. Manuscripts presenting novel data and information that are likely to significantly contribute to scientific knowledge in areas of food quality and safety will be considered. ''Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods'' provides a forum for all those working in the specialist field of food quality and safety to report on the progress and outcomes of their research.