More Mycotoxin News
Biomin technical article.
23/04/2012
Source: Biomin
Biomin has published a new technical article: 'Counteracting trichothecenes in animal feed', which details the actions of mycotoxin binders as feed additives.
Biomin website
EFSA: Scientific opinion on citrinin
20/04/2012
'Scientific Opinion on the risks for public and animal health related to the presence of citrinin in food and feed' has been published in EFSA Journal Volume 10, Issue 3, 2012.
EFSA Journal
EFSA Procurement: Call for tender.
20/04/2012
Source: EFSA
The European Food Standards Agency has announced a call for tender for the 'Combined toxicokinetic and 'in vivo' genotoxicity study on Alternaria toxins'. The details of the publication are available from the Official Journal of the European Union and the deadline for tenders is 25 May 2012.
EFSA website
Biomin technical article.
04/04/2012
Source: Biomin
Biomin has announced the availability of a new technical article. 'Mycotoxins: serious threat to dairy industry' details symptoms of mycotoxicosis in a dairy herd.
Biomin website
Biomin technical article.
21/03/2012
Source: Biomin
Biomin have published a technical article: 'Mycotoxins and other interactants – what are the consequences on pig farms'.
Biomin technical article
MycoRed International Fusarium Laboratory Workshop in Italy - June 2012
20/03/2012
Source: MycoRed Project
The MycoRed Project have issued a reminder for the International Fusarium Laboratory Workshop to be held in Bari, Italy from 3 to 8 June 2012. The workshop will be held in conjunction with ISM (International Society for Mycotoxicology).
Fusarium Laboratory Workshop website
Biomin technical article.
09/03/2012
Source: Biomin
Biomin has announced the availability of a new technical article: 'Fumonisins as a major challenge for porcine immune system'. The article is available from the Biomin website.
Biomin technical article
Continuous monitoring needed for aflatoxins in chocolate.
01/03/2012
Source: Decision News Media
Researchers in Brazil have found high levels of potentially lethal aflatoxins in chocolate and say that constant monitoring is required.
full article
EFSA - Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of phomopsins in feed and food
01/03/2012
Source: EFSA
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have announced the publication of 'Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of phomopsins in food and feed' from the CONTAM panel.
EFSA website
MycoRed Short Term Visits 2012
22/02/2012
Source: MycoRed Project
The MycoRed Project has announced the 4th call for Short Term Visits. These are opportunities for young researchers from ICPC countries and EU member states to spend 1-3 months in one of the laboratories participating in the MycoRed Project. Applications are invited before 30 March 2012.
MycoRed Short Term Visits
Mycored project newsletter no.4.
03/02/2012
Source: Mycored Project
The fourth edition of the Mycored newsletter is available for download from the Mycored website. The newsletter contains details of forthcoming Mycored events in 2012 and other relevant appointments in the field of mycotoxins.
Mycored newsletter
EFSA external scientific report.
25/01/2012
Source: EFSA
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reported the publication of an external scientific report: Modelling, predicting and mapping the emergence of aflatoxins in cereals in the EU due to climate change. A copy of the report is available from the website of the EFSA.
EFSA website
EFSA Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of T-2 and HT-2 toxin in food and feed
19/01/2012
The EFSA Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of T-2 and HT-2 toxin in food and feed has been published in the EFSA Journal, volume 9 issue 12, 2011.
EFSA Journal
Biomin newsletter feature: ruminant metabolic disorders related to mycotoxins
18/01/2012
Source: Biomin
An article entitled 'Mycotoxins and their influence on incidence of metabolic disorders in ruminants' has been published in the Biomin newsletter available from the Biomin website.
Biomin newsletter
Enzyme technology may provide value-added extracts from peanut waste.
12/01/2012
Source: Decision News Media
Advances in enzyme technologies, coupled with new technologies to remove aflatoxin, may offer a way to produce value-added ingredients from potentially contaminated by-products, say researchers.
Full article
Technical article from Biomin.
06/01/2012
Source: Biomin
Biomin have announced the publication of a technical article: Mycotoxin control as an effective tool for successful demedicalization. The article discusses contolling mycotoxin contamination in animal feed as a means of reducing drug use in animal health.
Available from Biomin website
Aflatoxin food safety scandal in China widens to include oil.
05/01/2012
Source: Food Ingredients First
The Chinese Government has recalled cooking oil products that were made by three separate companies after discovering high levels of aflatoxin, according to AFP. This latest food safety scandal has raised public outcry, as it closely follows the news that milk from the country's leading dairy firm, Mengniu, was tainted with aflatoxin as well. AFP reports that Mengniu's contaminated milk was recalled before it was available to consumers, but the Chinese media is already questioning whether the company can survive the public relations disaster.
Full article
MycoRed training 2012
30/11/2011
Source: MycoRed
The MycoRed project and ISM (International Society for Mycotoxicology) have announced two new training courses for 2012 to be held in Bari, Italy. Detection techniques for mycotoxins in the food chain will be held from 28 May to 1 June. The Fusarium Laboratory Workshop will be held from 3 to 8 June.
Training course
Fusarium workshop
FSA mycotoxin survey published.
22/11/2011
Source: Food Standards Agency
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) have announced the publication of the results from a survey of mycotoxins in food. The survey covered mycotoxins in food for infants and young children, ergot alkaloids in cereals and cereal products and patulin in apple juice. The levels of mycotoxins detected were below the legal limits, but one sample contained mycotoxins above the legal EU limit.
FSA mycotoxin survey results
Biomin quarterly Mycotoxin Survey Report and technical article.
17/11/2011
Source: Biomin
Biomin have announced the availability of the 3rd quarter 2011 Mycotoxin Survey Report that details mycotoxin levels in cereals, processing by-products, animal fodder and feed for the period July to September 2011. In addition a technical article entitled: Your breeder flock on mycotoxins; which describes the effects of mycotoxins in poultry production, is also available.
Available from Biomin website
EFSA Opinion: Alternaria toxins
07/11/2011
Source: EFSA
The EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) has published its Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal and public health related to the presence of Alternaria toxins in feed and food. These include alternariol, alternariol monomethyl ether, tenuazonic acid, iso-tenuazonic acid, altertoxins, tentoxin, altenuene and AAL-toxins. The committee considered data from published scientific literature and occurrence results in food provided by two Member States.
EFSA Journal
