Natural contamination of cyclopiazonic acid in dried figs and co-occurrence of aflatoxin

► Cyclopiazonic acid and AF co-occurred in 23% of the Aspergillus section Flavi positive dried fig samples. ► The number of dried fig samples contaminated with CPA was higher than the samples containing AF. ► Therefore CPA was a more common mycotoxin than AF in dried figs. ► This is the first report of CPA and co-occurrence of CPA and AF in dried figs.