The Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Beers
2015
Sylvie Běláková (Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Mostecká 7, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic) | Renata Mikulíková (Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Plc., 7 Mostecká, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic) | Zdeněk Svoboda (Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Plc., 7 Mostecká, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic) | Karolina Benešová (Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Plc., 7 Mostecká, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic)
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).
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