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Thus, to maintain food safety, innovative decontamination techniques for toxins are required. We previously demonstrated that an atmospheric-pressure dielectric-barrier discharge (APDBD) plasma generated by a roller conveyer plasma device is effective at inactivating bacteria and fungi in foods. Here, we have further examined whether the roller conveyer plasma device can be used to degrade toxins produced by foodborne bacterial pathogens, including aflatoxin, Shiga toxins (Stx1 and Stx2), enterotoxin B and cereulide. Each toxin was spotted onto an aluminum plate, allowed to dry, and then treated with APDBD plasma applied by the roller conveyer plasma device for different time periods. Assessments were conducted using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and liquid chromatography\u2013tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS\/MS). The results demonstrate a significant time-dependent decrease in the levels of these toxins. ELISA showed that aflatoxin B1 concentrations were reduced from 308.6 \u00b5g\/mL to 74.4 \u00b5g\/mL within 1 min. For Shiga toxins, Stx1 decreased from 913.8 \u00b5g\/mL to 65.1 \u00b5g\/mL, and Stx2 from 2309.0 \u00b5g\/mL to 187.6 \u00b5g\/mL within the same time frame (1 min). Enterotoxin B levels dropped from 62.67 \u00b5g\/mL to 1.74 \u00b5g\/mL at 15 min, and 1.43 \u00b5g\/mL at 30 min, but did not display a significant decrease within 5 min. LC-MS\/MS analysis verified that cereulide was reduced to below the detection limit following 30 min of APDBD plasma treatment. Taken together, these findings highlight that a range of foodborne toxins can be degraded by a relatively short exposure to plasma generated by an APDBD using a roller conveyer device. 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