A key concern for customers is the ability to improve traceability throughout the supply chain, especially when multiple stakeholders are involved and risks are increasing, according to the CEO and president of Mérieux NutriSciences.
The problem of mycotoxins is not an issue of developing and developed countries but of what you are producing and where, according to ProGnosis Biotech.
The problem of mycotoxin contamination in developing countries has been ‘ignored for too long’ and it is time to ‘turn science into action’, according to the director of an organisaton behind a report on the subject.
Regulatory limits on the levels of moulds and toxins present naturally in foods produced from grain crops should be expanded to include so-called ‘masked mycotoxins’, suggest researchers.
British farmers and bakery firms can breathe a sigh of relief as
the risk of crop contamination from mycotoxins is low this year,
according to an industry organisation.
Food safety reaffirmed with infant foods in the UK strapped into
the legal limits for fungal contamination, finds a recent survey
from the UK's food watchdog.
Last month Europe came a step closer to introducing harmonised
rules on controlling mycotoxins in food. Closely following
discussions of Europe's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and
Animal Health, the Scottish Food Standards...
A UK survey has been carried out on the occurrence of patulin in
cider. Patulin, which is a kind of mycotoxin, is produced by moulds
that sometimes grow on apples.
High levels of aflatoxins, chemicals that have the potential to
cause cancer in humans, have been found in a batch of "Kashmira
Basar mixed spices for Asian curries."