Danger dans l'assiette

31/05/2011 - Article

Which moulds are dangerous? Are there such things as at-risk foodstuffs and more exposed populations? This book deciphers the food risks in everyone's daily routine, in food choices whether from the local, international, organic or fair trade market.

Moulds are everywhere in our environment. Some are harmless but others can prove dangerous, even fatal. Some can produce dangerous molecules called mycotoxins, invisible to the naked eye but which act insidiously. They are now proved to be toxic and are a potential source of diseases like cancer in consumers.
Which moulds are dangerous? Are there such things as at-risk foodstuffs and more exposed populations?
Danger dans l'assiette deciphers the food risks in everyone's daily routine, in food choices whether from the local, international, organic or fair trade market. It unveils accessibly the nature of these toxins and suggests means to counter their effects.

Danger dans l'assiette
Sylviane Dragacci, Nadine Zakhia-Rozis, Pierre Galtier
Editions Quae
2011