ABSTRACT
⢠The results are intermediate data. Investigations have not yet been completed.⢠Grain and grain products contain different quantities of DON.⢠The main cause for DON infection is contamination of the grain during the growing season.⢠DON may also be produced during storage and/or handling and processing of food.⢠There does not seem to be a zero-tolerance.⢠It is essential to take appropriate measures during primary production and secondary production to minimize mycotoxin formation.⢠The results explain a possible consumer risk that has to be taken seriously.⢠Furthermore it is necessary to determine EC-wide limiting DON values for foodstuff.
ABSTRACT
Daily diet from 20 nursing homes for the elderly in the German state of Hessen was collected over a period of 7 days. Caloric free beverages were not included. After weighing and protocoling, the components of the meals were combined to one sample per day. Energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate and dietary fiber content was determined by analytical methods and by calculation using the nutrient table Federal Foodstuffs Key (Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel). Mean calculated contents exceeded analytical determined data except for dietary fibre. In comparison to the recommendations of the German Association for Nutrition (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung) concerning nutrient intake of the elderly, energy, fat and protein content of the daily diet were too high. Carbohydrate content did not reach the recommendations, being at least 50% of energy intake. It is remarkable that dietary fibre content exceeded the recommendations of 30 grams per day. In Hessen a similar study was already done in 1982. Regarding energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate content, only negligible changes could be stated since that time.
