Mycotoxins are toxic secondary fungal metabolites that frequently contaminate food and feed and adversely affect animal welfare and productivity 1 . Mycotoxins in food and livestock products can also be transferred to human consumers, compromising public health 2 . At a time when the global production of agricultural commodities is barely sustaining the growing population, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated that at least 25% of the world's food crops are ruined annually due to mycotoxins, and global investigations revealed that mycotoxins were detected in ~70% of crop samples 3-5 . With climate change and an increased frequency of extreme weather events, the levels of mycotoxin contamination are expected to increase in the future 6-9 .