Prevalence and probabilistic health risk assessment of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in Iranian edible oils.
The prevalence of aflatoxins (AFs) B1, B2, G1, and G2 in Iranian edible oils were assessed by immunoaffinity column cleanup and HPLC equipped with a fluorescence detector (HPLC-FLD). Ninety-seven samples including sunflower, canola, refined olive, unrefined olive, frying, and blend oils were collected from eight provinces (n = 15 samples of refined olive oil, n = 15 samples of unrefined olive oil, n = 15 samples of sunflower oil, n = 15 samples of canola oil, n = 17 samples of frying oil, and n = 20 samples of blend oil). Also, cancer risk of aflatoxins in the adults and children due to ingestion of edible oils was estimated via margin of exposure (MOE) estimation in the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) model. Considering the limit of detection (LOD) of the current study, two unrefined olive oil samples from Zanjan Province were contaminated with AFB2 in the concentrations of 0.2 and 0.4 ng/g while other samples were free from AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, and AFG2. This study revealed that about 98% of the collected samples were free from AFs and the concentrations of AFs in the polluted samples were within the standard range suggested by European Commission regulation (20 μg/kg). However, health risk assessment indicated that both adult and children in the Zanjan Province are at considerable liver cancer risk (percentile 95% of MOE < 10,000 value). Therefore, national plan to address this issue and strict inspection of edible oil products by the regulatory bodies are suggested.
['Nabizadeh|Samaneh|S|', 'Shariatifar|Nabi|N|', 'Shokoohi|Esmail|E|', 'Shoeibi|Shahram|S|', 'Gavahian|Mohsen|M|', 'Fakhri|Yadolah|Y|', 'Azari|Ali|A|', 'Mousavi Khaneghah|Amin|A|http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5769-0004']
D000328:Adult D016604:Aflatoxin B1 D000348:Aflatoxins D002648:Child D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid D005506:Food Contamination D006801:Humans D007492:Iran D057230:Limit of Detection D010938:Plant Oils D010945:Plants, Edible D015995:Prevalence D011336:Probability D015203:Reproducibility of Results D018570:Risk Assessment
Risk assessment Aflatoxins Edible oils Immunoaffinity HPLC-FLD Unrefined MCS