2004  Volume VIII, No. 1

• The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) held the XI International IUPAC Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins in Bethesda,Maryland,May 17–21, 2004…
• The Third Canadian Workshop on FusariumHead Blight (CWFHB) was held in Winnipeg, Canada, from December 9 to 12, 2003…
• Euro Chem XII, Strategies in Food Safety—Analytical, Industrial, and Legal: Challenges in Organization and Communication, took place in Brugge, Belgium, from September 24 to 26, 2003…
• 2003 National FusariumHead Blight Forum in Minneapolis- St.Paul, Minnesota, on December 13–15, 2003…

• The 35th session (March 17–21, 2003, Arusha, Tanzania) and 36th session (March 22–26, 2004, Rotterdam, the Netherlands) of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants…
• The Codex discussion also included a report on deoxynivalenol…
• The significance of cereals both as staple foods and trade commodities, as well as the serious health implications of DON contamination…
• The strict aflatoxin limits set by the EU in 2002 continue to be a major issue in countries that export…
• European Commission funding for the European Mycotoxin Awareness Network (EMAN) ended in December 2003…
• The Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA) has received EU funding to begin developing a mycotoxin control system…

• A new publication, “Worldwide Regulations for Mycotoxins in Food and Feed in 2003,”FAO Food and Nutrition Paper No.81 (2004), 180 pages, is now available…
• Maximum limits for aflatoxins,deoxynivalenol, and patulin were discussed at the 35th and 36th sessions of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants…
• In the summer of 2003, the European Commission introduced stronger measures to control aflatoxin contamination in certain food imports…

• The third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum will take place in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on 10–11 November 2005…

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