2006, Volume X, Issue 2

ISPA-CNR Hosts 2006 Myco-Globe International Conference

• This special edition of the Mycotoxicology Newsletter is published in conjunction with the 2006 MYCO-GLOBE International Conference…

Future Symposia and Conferences

• Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA-CNR) will host a workshop training course on mycotoxin detection methods from October 2 to 6, 2006…
• The 2006 Aflatoxin/Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshops will be held on October 16–18, 2006, in Fort Worth,Texas (USA)…
• A conference showcasing the latest advances in molecular approaches to aflatoxin control in groundnuts will take place in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, from November 5 to 9, 2006…
• The World Mycotoxin Forum has announced the program and registration details of its fourth international networking conference for the food and feed industry…

Recent Symposia and Meetings

• The threat of mycotoxins to the world’s food supply was one of the major food safety issues discussed by European and South African participants in a May 22 and 23, 2006, workshop in Pretoria, South Africa.
• The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently convened a forum of nutrition, food safety, and toxicology experts from the EU Member States, Scandinavia, and Switzerland to evaluate new and existing strategies for quantitative risk-benefit analysis of food…

News From International Agencies

• In June of this year, the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) of the European Food Safety Authority released an opinion on the tolerable weekly intake (TWI) of ochratoxin A (OTA)…
• The European Commission (EC) 2005 annual report on the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), published June 30, 2006, revealed that the number of notifications received in 2005 rose by 22 percent compared to the previous year…
• The European Union’s newly harmonized Fusarium regulations went into effect on July 1, 2006…

Recent Publications

• Selected peer-reviewed papers of the Eleventh International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Symposium are collected in Mycotoxins and Phytotoxins: Advances in Determination, Toxicology, and Exposure Management (August 2006, 450+ pages,hardbound)…

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