Mycotoxins may be produced on cereals or fodder, or in the animal diets. Some animal diets contain several
toxigenic species of mould, which may produce a number of mycotoxins having different toxic substances. The
purpose of the present review is to gather up-to-date knowledge about harmful effects and toxicity of mycotoxins.
The review is focused on the structures, toxicity, their occurrences in food and some analytical issues such as
sampling, methods for their analysis and the emerging mycotoxin detection techniques, which can be used as
simple and rapid screening tests for cost-effective control of mycotoxin and their products.