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November 10, 2005 - November 11, 2005
Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin, Noordwijk Aan Zee
The Netherlands
The World Mycotoxin Forum is the leading international meeting series on mycotoxins of interest to the food and feed industry.
The World Mycotoxin Forum's main objectives are:
• to provide a unique platform for the food and feed industry, regulatory authorities and science;
• to exchange information and experiences on the various aspects of mycotoxins;
• to review current knowledge related to mycotoxins in food and feed;
• to discuss strategies for prevention and control of mycotoxin contamination ensuring the safety of food and feed supply.
With great pleasure we present to you the programme of the third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum. Invited speakers only will present their contributions to the conference in plenary meetings, parallel sessions and discussions. Poster sessions, spotlight presentations, and the concurrent instrument/manufacturers exhibition are an integral part of this conference. They provide the opportunity for intensive informal discussion.
As a comprehensive overview the third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum offers an excellent way to network and to share ideas, providing a reference source for anyone involved in this field.
The third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum will be held on 10-11 November 2005 at Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin is located between the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, adjacent to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
The following key issues will be addressed at the third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum:
* Mycotoxins in the context of food risks and nutrition issues
* Moulds and mycotoxins as undesirable substances in animal feed
* Regulatory issues and international developments
* Decision-making process and overview of recent and future EU legislation on mycotoxins in feed and food
* Chinese approach towards international regulations
* The impact of mycotoxin legislation on world trade
* Regulatory issues and research priorities in the US
* Progress on major mycotoxins and emerging problems
* EFSA scientific opinions on mycotoxins in feed
* Occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins in feed
* Aerosol mycotoxins in indoor air: animal and human health effects
* Emerging issues in Central Europe
* Emerging issues in Southern Europe: the Italian case of aflatoxins
* Overview on the MYCO-GLOBE specific support action activities
* Mycotoxin analysis - from screening to confirmation: the ochratoxin A case
* New developments and applications for mycotoxin detection
* Mycotoxin prevention: what's on the horizon?
* Structural and functional genomics
* Proactive identification of emerging mycotoxins: a holistic approach
* Biocompetitive exclusion of toxigenic fungi
* The use of GMOs as a prevention strategy for mycotoxin formation
* Applications of forecasting deoxynivalenol in wheat using DONcast for grain producers, the grain industry and regulators
* Technologies for the reduction of mycotoxin contents in wheat
* Quantitative determination of aflatoxin in grain from 0 to 25 ppb using a lateral flow assay and reader
* A new fluorescence based test kit for rapid and quantitative determination of deoxynivalenol in grains
* Trends in mycotoxin analysis
* Mycotoxin analysis: an overview of classical, rapid and emerging technologies
* Multi-mycotoxin analysis: the LC-MS approach
* Immunoaffinity clean-up/fluorescence detection methods for mycotoxins
* Standardisation activities in mycotoxin methodology
* How to handle measurement uncertainty?
* Immunoaffinity column technology - multiple analyte columns with HPLC and LC/MS: a view toward the future of mycotoxin testing
* Ultra performance LC-MSMS for improved analysis of mycotoxins
* Mycotoxins in the feed chain
* The potential carry-over of various mycotoxins into animal products
* Current concepts in the etiology and prevention of mycotoxicosis in livestock and poultry
* The potential of dietary mycotoxin sequestering agents
* Identifying the chemical mechanisms involved in the interaction between yeast cell wall derived modified glucomannan and mycotoxins
* Detoxification of mycotoxins by biotransformation
* Mycotoxin feed issues in Latin America
* The success and failures of mycotoxin adsorbents in basic research and field applications
* Mycofix® Plus - three combined strategies guarantee success in mycotoxin control