Articles
Mould and mycotoxin contamination of pepper: a review
Article number
1225_67
Pages
473 – 492
Language
English
Abstract
The various ecologies and weather conditions, together with the agricultural and cultural practices, in addition to the poor postharvest technologies and storage systems employed by the operators in the entire pepper value-chain often predispose the peppers to fungal infection, growth and colonization and consequent mycotoxin contamination.
Red pepper, sweet pepper, chilli pepper, and other peppers can be attacked by moulds and subsequently be contaminated by mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, ochratoxins, patulin, zearalenone, and sterigmatocystin which pose a serious risk to public health and the economics of pepper.
This paper reviews the aspects of mycotoxins contaminating pepper in the context of the global importance of the commodity, being a critical ingredient of soups in some cultures, as well as the effects of processing on the final product destined for consumption.
Some preventive measures are also highlighted.
Red pepper, sweet pepper, chilli pepper, and other peppers can be attacked by moulds and subsequently be contaminated by mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, ochratoxins, patulin, zearalenone, and sterigmatocystin which pose a serious risk to public health and the economics of pepper.
This paper reviews the aspects of mycotoxins contaminating pepper in the context of the global importance of the commodity, being a critical ingredient of soups in some cultures, as well as the effects of processing on the final product destined for consumption.
Some preventive measures are also highlighted.
Publication
Authors
A. Negedu, S.E. Atawodi, S.O. Fapohunda, H.A. Makun, M.A. Habib, H.Y. Tanko
Keywords
Capsicum spp., aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fungi contamination, food safety
Groups involved
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Commission Banana
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology
- Commission Cultivar Registration
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Temperate Tree Nuts
- Commission Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems
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