Several strategies have been proposed to prevent the toxic effects of mycotoxins in general, and of ochratoxins in particular, in food and feed: (i) prevention of mycotoxin contamination; (ii) decontamination or detoxification of foods contaminated with
mycotoxins; and (iii) inhibition of the absorption of consumed mycotoxin in the gastrointestinal tract (Kabak, Dobson, & Var, 2006).