Fungi and ochratoxin A: Frequency in food and raw materials for their production in Serbia

Contamination of various types of foods (cereals and their products, raisins dry sausages, cheese) with moulds and ochratoxin A (OTA) was examined. All samples were contaminated with moulds to a different degree. About 25% of wheat samples from the localities Nis and Leskovac, 70% from the locality Kikinda, graham flour (1 sample), barley flakes (1 sample), graham bread barley bread, 60% of "healthy food" product samples, 20% of dry sausage samples and 20% of melted cheese samples were contaminated with OTA. Izvrsena su ispitivanja kontaminacije razlicitih vrsta zivotnih namirnica (zitarice i njihovi proizvodi, suvo grozdje, trajne kobasice, sir) plesnima i ohratoksinom A (OTA). Svi uzorci bili su kontaminirani plesnima u razlicitom stepenu. Oko 25% uzorka psenice sa lokaliteta Nis i Leskovac 70% sa lokaliteta Kikinda, graham brasno (1 uzorak), jecmene pahuljice (1 uzorak), graham hleb i jecmeni hleb, 60% proizvoda "zdrave hrane", 20% uzorka trajnih kobasica i 20% uzorka topljenog sira bilo je kontaminirano sa OTA.