Q. Control of ochratoxin?
Control: Once ochratoxin A has been formed in a food, it is difficult to remove by most forms of food processing. Cooking with or without previous soaking removes a significant amount of ochratoxin from beans but does not lead to total destruction. Beans still contain 16% to 60% of the initial ochratoxin contamination and it seems probable that the material may have leached out rather than destroyed.