Mycotoxins: Risks in Plant, Animal, and Human Systems

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January 15, 2003
Task Force Report

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/ntky3193

Task Force Chairs

John L. Richard

Romer Labs, Inc.

Gary A. Payne

Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

Authors

Anne E. Desjardins

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

Chris Maragos

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

III William P. Norred

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Research Center

James J. Pestka

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University

Timothy D. Phillips

Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, Texas A&M University

Hans P. van Egmond

Laboratory for Residue Analysis, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment

Peter J. Vardon

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Thomas B. Whitaker

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

Garnett Wood

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Abstract

This extensive report compiles the most current, complete information available on mycotoxins in order to provide an understanding of their associated risks and impacts on plant, animal, and human systems. The report seeks to educate those making decisions that affect regulation and control of foods and feeds as well as to illuminate the potential for mycotoxins to impact international trade of commodities and food products. Among the topics covered are fungal growth and mycotoxin development, occurrence of mycotoxins in food and feed, mycotoxins and human disease, and mycotoxicoses of animals.

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