2010, Volume XIII, Issue 2

PAST SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES

• The Nigeria Mycotoxin Awareness and Study Network (NMASN) held its fifth annual workshop, Sustainable Methods for Mycotoxin Control in Agricultural Products, on April 26–28, 2010…
• Major highlights of the June 14–16, 2010, 32nd Mycotoxin Workshop at the Denmark Technical University (DTU) in Lyngby, Denmark…
• Leading scientists and senior food safety officials from 58 countries discussed the progress of mycotoxin control efforts at the June 27–July 1, 2010, Latin American Congress on Mycotoxicology in Merida Yucatan, Mexico…
• Fusarium researchers, agricultural industry representatives, and food safety policymakers shared their viewpoints at the 11th European Fusarium Seminar in Radzikow, Poland, on September 20–24, 2010…
• The Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Association of Analytic Chemists (AOAC) occurred on September 26–29, 2010, in Orlando, Florida, USA…
• The EU’s MycoRed project, Novel Integrated Strategies for Worldwide Mycotoxin Re- duction, in Food and Feed Chains, in cooperation with its international partners, has scheduled a variety of knowledge-sharing opportunities…

FUTURE SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS

• December 1–4, 2010: MycoRed 2010 international mycotoxin conference in Penang, Malaysia…
• December 6–10, 2010: MycoRed training course, Capacity Building in Mycotoxin-Safe Food Trade…

NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

• The December 8, 2009, “Review of Mycotoxin-Detoxifying Agents Used as Feed Additives: Mode of Action, Efficacy, and Feed/Food Safety”…
• June 4, 2010, European Commission dismissed recent objections to the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) 2006 opinion on OTA…
• July 1, 2010, report on toxicity data on trichothecene mycotoxins HT-2 and T-2 toxins characterizes the toxicokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) of these two Fusarium toxins…
• EFSA’s July 13, 2010, updated occurrence data of trichothecene mycotoxins T-2 toxin and HT-2 toxin in food and feed…
• USDA ARS Seeds of Aflatoxin-Resistant Corn Lines Now Available…
• FDA Revises DON Guidance Levels…

REGULATORY NEWS

• The Codex Alimentarius Commission set maximum aflatoxin levels of 10 mg/kg in shelled, ready-to-eat Brazil nuts…
• European Commission Regulation No. 105/2010 (setting maximum levels for ochratoxin A in spices and licorice) went into effect on July 1, 2010…
• European Union members adopted Commission Regulation No. 165/2010 (setting maximum levels for aflatoxins) on February 26, 2010…
• EC Regulation No. 178/2010 (sampling methods) went into effect on March 13, 2010…

PUBLICATIONS

• Open access journal Toxins published two special issues on mycotoxins in the spring of 2010…
• “Mycotoxins and Human Disease: A Largely Ignored Global Health Issue,” by C.P. Wild and Y.Y. Gong…
• Mycotoxin Prevention and Control in Agriculture, edited by Michael Appell, David F. Kendra, and Mary W. Trucksess…
• Mycotoxins in Food, Feed, and Bioweapons, edited by Mahendra Raj and Ajit Varma…

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