Mycotoxins Economic and Health Risks

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December 20, 1989
Task Force Report

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/8xjbpy07

Task Force Chairs

John L. Richard

USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center

Richard J. Cole

USDA, ARS, National Peanut Research Laboratory

Authors

Sandra O. Archibald

Food Research Institute, Stanford University

Lloyd B. Bullerman

Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

John D. Groopman

School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Jr. Winston M Hagler

Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Clifford W. Hesseltine

USDA, ARS, Northern Regional Research Center

Dennis P. H. Hsieh

Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis

Fredrick W. Oehme

Comparative Toxicology Laboratories, VCS-Kansas State University

James J. Pestka

Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Michigan State University

Timothy D. Phillips

Department of Veterinary Public Health, Texas A&M University

Albert E. Pohland

Division of Contaminants Chemistry, Food and Drug Administration

Steven P. Swanson

Eli Lilly and Company

Allan K. Watson

MacDonald College, McGill University

Thomas B. Whitaker

USDA, ARS, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

David M. Wilson

Department of Plant Pathology, Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station,

Fu-Li Yu

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Abstract

This report stresses the importance of the economic and health risks of naturally occurring fungal toxins known as mycotoxins. These diverse toxins potentially occur in foods and feeds and can cause a wide range of injury when consumed by humans and animals. Contents: Animal health, human health, occurrence, economic impacts, control and management, and research needs.

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