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Developing a database of microbial food toxins in the EU: Case study on mycotoxins


Developing a database for the natural occurrence of mycotoxins in our food



The presence of natural food contaminants, such as mycotoxins, poses a persistent global health risk. Current occurrence databases are static and often lack the granularity or interactivity needed for in-depth analysis.

This project aims to develop a data-driven, open-access web platform that dynamically compiles and visualizes the global (co-)occurrence of mycotoxins in food. Leveraging automated literature mining and advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques, the platform will continuously extract data from peer-reviewed publications, identifying several parameters and contamination statistics benchmarked against regulatory limits.