Kvasny Prum. 2015; 61(2): 34-37 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2015005

The Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Beers.Peer-reviewed article

Sylvie BĚLÁKOVÁ, Karolína BENE©OVÁ, Renata MIKULÍKOVÁ, Zdeněk SVOBODA
Výzkumný ústav pivovarský a sladařský, a.s., Sladařský ústav Brno, Mostecká 7, 614 00 Brno, Česká republika

In 2011-2014 the occurrence of ochratoxin A in beers from Czech retail network was studied. The beers included draught beers, lagers, special non-alcoholic beers and beer mixtures. Totally, 132 samples were analyzed. Ochratoxin A was detected in 81 % of the samples. Its concentration moved from 1.0-194.6 ng.l-1. Average ochratoxin A content in all samples in connection with the year of the occurrence was 14.2-39.9 ng.l-1. Ochratoxin A content was analyzed using the method of liquid chromatography with the fluorescent detection (UPLC/FLR).

Keywords: beer, mycotoxins, ochratoxin A, UPLC/FLR

Received: December 5, 2014; Accepted: January 7, 2015; Published: February 1, 2015 

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