Mycotoxins

Safer food with two new special HPLC analyzers

22 May 2017 | By Shimadzu

Fast, high-sensitivity detection / Screening analyses of up to 10 mycotoxins or 24 synthetic antimicrobials / Special kit with analytical conditions and columns

Randox Food Diagnostics

MyToolBox – the smart way to tackle mycotoxins

5 April 2017 | By Birgit Poschmaier - PhD student at BOKU, Monique de Nijs - RIKILT, Rudolf Krska - BOKU

There is a pressing need to mobilise and integrate the wealth of knowledge from the international mycotoxin research conducted over the past 25-30 years, in order to perform cutting-edge research to close knowledge gaps. This is the mission of MyToolBox – a four-year project, funded by the European Commission from…

Food Analysis In-Depth Focus 2017

17 February 2017 | By New Food

Loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) for food microbiology testing; Best practice for crystallisation kinetics measurements via NMR; and MyToolBox – the smart way to tackle mycotoxins...

Romer Labs launches water-based total fumonisins test kit

4 October 2016 | By New Food

Romer Labs expands its recently launched AgraStrip WATEX product line with the introduction of a water-based total fumonisins test kit...

FSAI report highlights the risks of acrylamide and aflatoxins

16 March 2016 | By Victoria White

The FSAI has published the results of a Total Diet Study carried out to assess the dietary exposure to a number of chemicals that may pose a risk to health...

Recent developments in mycotoxin analysis

28 October 2015 | By Michelangelo Pascale, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

Mycotoxins are natural contaminants of several agricultural products and derivatives produced as secondary metabolites by several filamentous fungal species. Their presence in food and feed can cause serious risks to human and animal health due to adverse toxic effects; therefore maximum permitted levels have been fixed for the major occurring…

New test kit detects Aflatoxin M1 in ice cream

29 September 2015 | By Victoria White

Aflatoxin M1 is one of a range of mycotoxins produced by fungi which can cause adverse effects in humans and animals, including some types of cancer...

Fusarium mycotoxin contamination in the human food chain

1 September 2015 | By Dr Silvia W. Gratz, Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen / Dr Neil Havis, Researcher in Crop and Soil Systems Group / Dr Fiona Burnett, Head of the Crop and Soil Systems Group, Scotlands Rural College

Mycotoxin contamination poses an intractable problem in agricultural production. WHO estimates that over 25% of global food crops are significantly contaminated with mycotoxins causing annual losses of around 1 billion metric tons of food. Mycotoxins are formed during cereal growth or in post-harvest storage; so this problem may increase as…

Experts use wet summer to improve mycotoxin risk assessments

24 August 2015 | By Victoria White

A new project is taking advantage of the inclement UK summer weather to gain a better understanding of mycotoxins and improve mycotoxin risk assessments

R-Biopharm Rhône’s tests reassure beer drinkers after reports of mycotoxins in their favourite tipple

21 July 2015 | By Victoria White

R-Biopharm Rhône are working with brewers and test labs across the country to test cereals for mycotoxins before they are used to produce beer...

Food supplement to fight tuberculosis to go on sale in India in 2016

8 July 2015 | By Victoria White

A food supplement created to curb the effects of tuberculosis will be on sale in chemists in India and Nepal from late 2016...

Live monitoring of mycotoxin risk in wheat crops during flowering

30 June 2015 | By Sarah Wynn and Rebecca Carter, ADAS UK Ltd

Mycotoxins are a human health risk even at low concentrations, but cereals which can contain mycotoxins are a major dietary source, particularly wheat and maize. In this article, we describe monitoring methods that can be practically used in crop production to minimise the risk of contaminated grain reaching the food…

Drinking a lot of beer increases exposure to mycotoxins

27 June 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers have analysed mycotoxins produced by certain microscopic fungi in beer and dried fruits, confirming that these products meet EU food regulations...

Multiplex screening of a broad range of mycotoxins from a single sample of animal feed

1 June 2015 | By Randox Food Diagnostics

Cover all your mycotoxin screening needs simultaneously using revolutionary Biochip Array Technology with the option to customise your test array - Multiplex screening of a broad range of mycotoxins from a single sample of animal feed with detection values complying with regulatory limits.