Abstract

Mycotoxin contamination in agricultural products is seriously dangerous to humans and animals. In this study samples were randomly selected from wheat flour, rice, spices, grape, raisin, cattle's farm and poultry feed in Mazandaran Province, Iran. They were isolated moulds from these samples in Sabouraud Dextrose Agar and Potato Dextrose Agar. In this study Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Mucorspp., Rhizopus sp., Mortirella sp., Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp., Acremonium sp.,Alternaria sp., Cladosporium spp., Geotrichum sp. and Absidia sp. were isolated from food and feed. The highest contaminations were associated to mycotoxigenic fungi. In northern Iran due to favorable aflatoxigenic moulds growth especially in cold seasons, some measures should be taken in production, processing and storage of food and feed.

Key words: Food, feed, fungi, mycotoxigenic.