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ReviewToxics2025

Mycotoxins in Ready-to-Eat Foods: Regulatory Challenges and Modern Detection Methods.

Eleonora Di Salvo, Giovanni Bartolomeo, Rossella Vadalà, Rosaria Costa, Nicola Cicero

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Review in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Eleonora Di SalvoDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF), University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.
Giovanni BartolomeoDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF), University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4124-8534
Rossella VadalàDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF), University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4039-1814
Rosaria CostaDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF), University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8315-2170
Nicola CiceroDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF), University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8055-1915

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycotoxins are a large family of secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi species that may be present in food following fungal growth. Mycotoxins are found in a variety of crops, including wheat, millet, maize, sorghum, peanut, soybean, and their by-products. In recent years, the consumption of ready-to-eat food (RTE) has increased exponentially. An increasing number of consumers have elected to purchase and consume ready-made meals, a choice that allows for a more expedient and convenient dining experience. The aim of this review was to investigate recent literature to find a link between the consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated RTEs, modern detection methods (artificial intelligence), and potential health risks to consumers. The regular exchange of information between the Member States and the European Community (EU) concerning the monitoring of contaminants and undesirable chemical substances, and the subsequent communication of the findings to the EFSA, provides the foundation for the evolution of the legislative framework with the objective of enhancing food safety and reducing the risks associated with the consumption of food. It is imperative that governments, the food industry, and the scientific community collaborate to reduce this risk and ensure consumer safety.

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artificial intelligencefood safetyfungihuman healthmycotoxin legislationmycotoxinsready-to-eat foods

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PMID40559958
PMCPMC12197077

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