Grains and Grain Products and Fungal Organisms and Toxins

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	National Toxicology Program, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Aflatoxins This report discusses carcinogenicity, properties, use, production, exposure, and regulations of aflatoxins. Publication Month: December 2002	Aug 14, 2002
	Buzby, Jean C. (Ed.)	International Trade and Food Safety: Economic Theory and Case Studies Report on the relationships between food safety regulation and international trade. Food safety and trade issues for meat and poultry products, produce, and seafood are discussed, as are these issues as related to hazards such as mycotoxins and dioxins. Attachments include "Belgian-Luxembourg exports, 1989-1999" and "Belgium-Luxembourg monthly production indices of key agricultrual products, 1998-99". Highlights of this report are provided in Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB789), Food Safety and International Trade - Research Briefs, available from ERS. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Nov 12, 2003
	Norred, William, Charles Bacon, Kenneth Voss, and Ronald Riley	Minimizing Risks In Agricultural Products Through Assessing Mycotoxins/evaluating Processing Effects: 2001 Annual Report The annual report of this project includes dollar estimates of crop and animal losses annually due to mycotoxins. Also includes an overview of the threat from mycotoxins and of the progress and future goals of the project. Later annual reports may be accessed from this page. (more) Publication Year: 2001	Jul 10, 2002
	Scientific Panel on Contaminants on the Food Chain, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the CONTAM Panel Related to Ochratoxin A in Food Opinion adopted on April 4, 2006 resulting from a risk assessment of the mycotoxin Ochratoxin A (OTA) in food commodities such as cereals, pulses, coffee, beer, grape juice, wine, cacao products, nuts, and spices. Reports findings on the toxicity of OTA, including renal toxicity, neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and carcinogenicity. (more) Deadline: Saturday, June 24, 2006	Jun 24, 2006
	Scientific Steering Committee, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Opinion on Azole Antimycotic Resistance This opinion paper and the supporting report describe the human health risks from antimycotic resistance, and the contribution of azole fungicides to this resistance. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 27, 2002	Aug 2, 2002
	Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (36th : 2004 : Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Codex Alimentarius Commission	Report of the 36th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants The report includes the Committee's decisions and draft documents on topics related to risk analysis, exposure assessment of contaminants and toxins, risk management of aflatoxin in peanuts and tree nuts, of lead in foods, of inorganic tin in canned foods, maximum levels of cadmium in certain grains and vegetables and of deoxynivalenol, levels for radionuclides in foods, standards for food additives, contaminants, and toxins, active chlorine, mycotoxins, and more. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Apr 30, 2004
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Retail Oat Products Survey Report of a survey of trichothecene levels in retail oat products in the United Kingdom. Publication Date: Friday, February 6, 2004	Oct 19, 2004

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