Activated clay to adsorb mycotoxins

3/3/2010, EMAN News
A new activated clay product, which is claimed to be highly efficient at adsorbing mycotoxins, has been developed in the Eureka Project E1 3025 Monalisa. Futher details can be found at
http://www.eurekanetwork.org/showsuccessstory?p_r_p_564233524_articleId=216563&p_r_p_564233524_groupId=10137

British Standards update

3/3/2010, EMAN News
British Standard: EN 15829:2010 (Title: Foodstuffs. Determination of ochratoxin A in currants, raisins, sultanas, mixed dried fruit and dried figs. HPLC method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and fluorescence detection) has been published. This is available to purchase from the Standards Centre at
http://www.standardscentre.co.uk/blog/bs-en-15829-2010/

Mycotoxins and human disease: a largely ignored global health issue

1/3/2010, EMAN News
An article: "Mycotoxins and human disease: a largely ignored global health issue", by C.P. Wild and Y.Y. Gong has been published by Oxford University Press. A full version of the text is available for download.
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Biomin newsletter feature: Ergot alkaloids and Biomins Mycotoxin Channel on YouTube.

24/2/2010, Biomin
The latest edition of the Biomin newsletter has been published, which presents information on ergot alkaloids with particular reference to their toxic effects in animals. This newsletter is available from the Biomin Download Area. In addition, Biomin have committed to continue building the Mycotoxin Channel on YouTube which was launched in August 2009. This offers videos on a range of mycotoxin-related issues.
Click here for the Biomin article (in Download Area)
Click here for the YouTube article.

British Standard Update

22/2/2010, EMAN News
British Standard: EN 15835:2010 (Title: Foodstuffs. Determination of ochriatoxin A in cereal based foods for infants and young children. HPLC method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and fluorescence detection) has been published. This is available for purchase from the British Standards Institution
British Standards Institution

MycoRed International Workshop

19/2/2010, National Research Council
Institute of Sciences of Food Production
The MycoRed International Workshop on Mycotoxicological risks in Mediterranean countries has been announced. This will be held in Cairo, Egypt from 25-27 October 2010. Details of this workshop and other events organised by this European project can be found at the link below.
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Proteomic Study Standardisation

18/2/2010, EMAN News
A new video article has been published by the Journal of Visualized Experiments: ‘Toxin Induction and Protein Extraction from Fusarium spp. Cultures for Proteomic Studies’, by M. Pasquali, Giraud F., Lasserre J.P., Planchon S., Hoffmann L., Bohn T., Renaut J. The procedure filmed in the video follows 16 days for the culturing of Fusarium spp and subsequent protein extraction, and contributes to the standardisation of proteomic procedures.
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Heinz recalls baby cereal over mycotoxin contamination fears.

17/12/2009, Leatherhead Daily Food News
Heinz has issued a recall of some of its baby food in Canada over fears that it may be contaminated with elevated levels of a mycotoxin.
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