ABSTRACT
Mycotoxins, together with antibiotics, are products of the secondary metabolism of molds, with a molecular weight ranging from ca. 200 to 500, that cause undesirable effects, called mycotoxicoses, when animals or humans are exposed to them [1-8]. Several mycotoxins have a content regulation in most countries [9] but edible animal by-products have received less attention. Of ochratoxins, produced by some species of Aspergillus and Penicillium, OTA (ochratoxin A) is the most important toxin of this family [10-13] and may be found as cited, from 1980 to 2009 in ISI Web of Science, in edible animal-by-products of ruminant and nonruminant animals.
