Food Toxicology

Food toxicology is based on the analysis and toxic effects of bioactive substances as they occur in foods. Food toxicology is an individual field that evaluates the effects of constituents of the complex chemical matrix of the diet on the activities of toxic agents that may be natural endogenous products or may be introduced from contaminating organisms or from food production, processing, and preparation. Food toxicology is gains vital attention as food supply chain is becoming more worldwide in origin and any contamination or toxic manifestation may cause severe adverse health effects.