2010, Volume XIII, Issue 1

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

• This issue of the Mycotoxicology Newsletter marks the end of my tenure as editor.…

FUTURE SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS

• An international Fusarium laboratory workshop, Fusarium 2010, will be held at the University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina, on March 7–12, 2010…
• A panel of world-renowned mycotoxicologists will present their latest research results at the Sixth Latin American Congress of Mycotoxins in Merida-Yucatan, Mexico on June 27–July 1, 2010…

SUMMARIES OF SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES

• Mycotoxins 2009, a one-day conference on March 10, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand, presented a comprehensive overview of the risks of mycotoxin contamination to human and animal health…
• Researchers shared the latest findings on the Aspergillus genome at the Sixth International Aspergillus Meeting (“Asperfest”) on March 15–17, 2009, in Alisomar, California…
• Toxic Events in a Changing World was the theme of the Gordon Research Conference on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins (June 21–26, 2009) at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire…
• Approximately 450 scientists, industry representatives, and other stakeholders in the worldwide effort to control mycotoxins gathered in Tulln, Austria, September 9–11, 2009, for the International Society for Mycotoxicology (ISM) conference…
• The 123rd AOAC International Annual Meeting and Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, highlighted the Association of Analytic Chemists’ evolving role as a developer of new analytic tools…
• The 2009 Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA) symposium met this year in the Czech Republic…

REGULATORY NEWS

• At the Third Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (“the Committee”) in April 2009, the Brazilian delegation presented its recommendations concerning revised aflatoxin regulations for Brazil nuts, ochratoxin A (OTA) reduction in coffee, and fumonisin limits in corn (maize).…
• Members of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the U.S. Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program (NTP) approved the first draft of a report calling for in-depth study of deoxynivalenol (DON) at a July 23–24, 2009, meeting…
• The National Toxicology Program study will also provide data for the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) February 16–25, 2010, meeting in Rome…

NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

• The EU Seventh Framework Program (FP7) MycoRed project Novel Integrated Strategies for Worldwide Mycotoxin Reduction in the Food and Feed Chains was launched in April 2009…
• Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have identified a potentially important biocontrol agent for protecting corn and cereal crops from Fusarium verticilloides infection…

PUBLICATIONS

• Mycotoxins in Fruits and Vegetables, edited by R. Barkai-Golan and Nachman Paster…
• Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade, edited by John Leslie, Ranjit Bandyopadhyay, and Angelo Visconti…
• Mycotoxins in Food, Feed, and Bioweapons, edited by Mahendra Raj and Ajit Varma…
• In 2008, Taylor & Francis, publishers of Food Additives and Contaminants, announced the division of the journal into two parts. Part A “Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure, Risk Assessment,” continues to publish…

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