Liha töötlemine
Aflatoxin fatality cases were
genic toxins called aflatoxins. In 1960 in reported in Southeast Asia when people con-
Microbial Hazards in Foods: Food-Borne Infections and Intoxications 487
sumed food heavily contaminated with Unlike exotoxins, antibodies will not neutral-
molds. The toxins can be detected by animal ize toxicity because the toxic part is the lipid.
tests using ducklings or chick embryo. Thin- All endotoxins have the same action and are
layer chromatography and high-performance released when the Gram-negative bacterium
liquid chromatography can also be used to undergoes lysis. These endotoxins cause
detect these toxins. Recently, monoclonal fever by acting as exogenous pyrogens. The
antibodies have been employed to detect exogenous pyrogen, when absorbed into the