Mycotoxins : detection methods, management, public health and agricultural trade /

• Corporate Author: Mycoglobe Conference "Reducing Impact of Mycotoxins in Tropical Agriculture" Accra, Ghana),
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Mycotoxins > Congresses. > Africa; Fungal diseases of plants > Congresses.; Mycotoxins > Congresses. > toxicity; Tropical Medicine > Congresses.; Mycotoxins > Congresses.; Food contamination > Congresses.; World Health > Congresses.; Food Contamination > Congresses. > prevention & control; Mycotoxins > Congresses. > Mediterranean Region; Agricultural Economics.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Health Economics, (New March 2000); Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Toxinology, (New March 2000); Man.; Agricultural policy.; Agriculture.; Epidemiology.; Food contamination.; Food production.; Food safety.; Health.; Mycotoxicoses.; Mycotoxins.; Public health.; Trade.; Electronic books.
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This book is an outcome of the MycoGlobe conference in Accra. Most of the chapters are based on invited oral presentations made at the conference. The chapters in this book touch on issues including health, trade, ecology, epidemiology, occurrence, detection, management, awareness and policy. This b...

Table of Contents:

• The EU MycoGlobe project : Global integration of mycotoxin and toxigenic fungal research for enhanced food safety / A. Visconti & G. Perrone
• IITA's research-for-development agenda for Africa / S. Blade
• Priorities for mycotoxin research in Africa identified by using the Nominal Group Discussion technique / R. Bandyopadhyay, J.F. Leslie & R.A. Frederiksen
• Mycotoxins : A global problem / W.F.O. Marasas, W.C.A. Gelderblom, G.S. Shephard & H.F. Vismer
• Modulation of the human immune system by aflatoxin / P.E. Jolly, Y. Jiang, W.O. Ellis, J. Sheng-Wang, E. Afriyie-Gyawu, T.D. Phillips & J.H. Williams
• Aflatoxin exposure and impaired child growth in West Africa : An unexplored international public health burden? / Y.Y. Gong, P.C. Turner, A.J. Hall & C.P. Wild
• Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in Sub-Saharan Africa / O. Coulibaly, K. Hell, R. Bandyopadhyay, S. Hounkponou & J.F. Leslie
• EU legislation on mycotoxins in food and feed : Overview of the decision-making process and recent and future developments / F. Verstraete
• Mycotoxin contamination in foods in West and Central Africa / K.A. Kpodo & S.A. Bankole
• Mycotoxin contamination in food systems in Eastern and Southern Africa / B. A. Siame & I. N. Nawa
• The 2004 and 2005 aflatoxin tragedies in Kenya : A case study / M.N. Okioma
• Mycotoxin problems in nuts and dried fruits from the Mediterranean basin / G. Özay & H. Ozer
• Between emerging and historical problems : An overview of the main toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin concerns in Europe / A.F. Logrieco & A. Moretti
• The impact of mycotoxins in animal feeds / J. Fink-Gremmels
• Overview of detection methods for mycotoxins / M. Pascale & A. Visconti
• Mycotoxin concentration data quality : The role of sampling / M. Miraglia, B. de Santis, E. Pannunzi, F. Debegnach & C. Brera
• Development of quantitative detection methods for Fusarium in cereals and their application / C. Waalwijk, I.M. de Vries, J. Köhl, X. Xu, T.A.J. van der Lee & G.H.J. Kema
• Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts / F. Waliyar, P.L. Kumar, A. Traoré, B.R. Ntare, B. Diarra & O. Kodio
• Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin in maize : An African perspective / K. Hell, P. Fandohan, R. Bandyopadhyay, S. Kiewnick, R. Sikora & P.J. Cotty
• Management of ochratoxin A in the cocoa supply chain : A summary of work by the CAOBISCO/ECA/FCC working group on ochratoxin A / M. Gilmour & M. Lindblom
• Prevention of ochratoxin A in grapes and wine / P. Battilani
• Molecular approaches to development of resistance to preharvest aflatoxin contamination / D. Bhatnagar, K. Rajasekaran, J.W. Cary, R. Brown, J. Yu & T.E. Cleveland
• Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA / A. Menkir, R.L. Brown, R. Bandyopadhyay, Z.-Y. Chen & T.E. Cleveland
• Etiology and management of aflatoxin contamination / P.J. Cotty, C. Probst & R. Jaime-Garcia
• NovaSil clay for the management of dietary aflatoxins in human populations / E. Afriyie-Gyawu, J.H. Williams, H.J. Huebner, N.-A. Ankrah, D. Ofori-Adjei, P.E. Jolly, J.-S. Wang, & T.D. Phillips
• Food processing to reduce mycotoxins in Africa / P. Fandohan, K. Hell & W.F.O. Marasas
• Indoor airborne exposure to molds and mycotoxins / B.G. Shelton & J.F. Leslie
• Are Ghanaians aware of the aflatoxin menace?/ R.T. Awuah, K.O. Agyemang, S.C. Fialor & C.M. Jolly
• Institutional aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary issues in ECOWAS trade / J. d'A. Hughes, R. Bandyopadhyay, K. Makinde & S. Olembo
• Institutional stakeholders in mycotoxin issues : Past, present and future / J. H. Williams
• Institutionalizing mycotoxin testing in Africa / F. Waliyar, M. Siambi, R. Jones, S.V. Reddy, D. Chibonga, P.L. Kumar & S. Denloye
• Prevention strategies for trichothecenes and ochratoxin in cereals / N. Magan, M. Olsen & D. Aldred
• FAO program on mycotoxin management / M. Piñeiro
• Mycotoxin research in USAID's CRSP programs / J.M. Yohe & J.H. Williams
• CGIAR research-for-development program on mycotoxins / R. Ortiz, T. Ban, R. Bandyopadhyay, M. Banziger, D. Bergvinson, K. Hell, B. James, D. Jeffers, P. L. Kumar, A. Menkir, J. Murakami, S.N. Nigam, H.D. Upadhyaya & F. Waliyar.