CONFERENCE PROGRAMME A commercial exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.

MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2008

08.45 Opening of the fifth conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum Dr. Claudia Heppner, European Food Safety Authority, Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain

Plenary meeting Mycotoxins – Tour du Monde What is done regionally to protect the consumers from the harmful effects of mycotoxins?

Chair: Hans P. van Egmond, M.Sc., National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands   09.00 Mycotoxins in European food: a foreign affair? Jan Baele, European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), Brussels, Belgium    09.30 Mycotoxins in food and feed: an FDA perspective Dr. Nega Beru, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Safety, USA   10.00 Mycotoxins: regulatory measures in MERCOSUR, the common market of the Southern Cone Dr. Ligia Lindner Schreiner, Ministry of Health, National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Brazil   10.30 Networking break & exhibition   11.00 Asian perspective for public health strategies for preventing mycotoxin exposure Dr. Xiumei Liu, Ministry of Health, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China (to be confirmed)   11.30 Fungal downunder: mycotoxin risk management in New Zealand and Australia Peter Cressey, Institute of Environmental Science & Research, Christchurch Science Centre, New Zealand   12.00 Africa: a world of myco-contradictions Dr. Gordon S. Shephard, Medical Research Council, PROMEC Unit, South Africa   12.30 Lunch break

Parallel session 1 Mycotoxins in the food chain – emerging problems and solutions

Chair: Jan Willem van der Kamp, M.Sc., International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), Austria Dr. Deepak Bhatnagar, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, USA   14.00 Model for identification of emerging mycotoxin risks Dr. Ine van der Fels-Klerx, RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands   14.30 Alternaria toxins: an overview of origin, occurrence and risks Dr. Antonio Logrieco, Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA-CNR), Italy   15.00 Ergot alkaloids: extent of the problem Dr. Peter M. Scott, Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Food Research Division, Canada   15.30 Networking break & exhibition   16.00 Mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables Prof.dr. Rivka Barkai-Golan, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Israel   16.30 Management options, technologies and strategies for minimized mycotoxin contamination in rice Dr. Martin Gummert, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines   17.00 Spotlight presentations theatre 1 – Mycotoxin analysis Reference materials for mycotoxin analysis Dr. Georg Mitterer, Romer Labs Diagnostic GmbH, Austria A user-friendly lab-on-a-chip cartridge for quantitative determination of multiple mycotoxins Dr. Jens Burmeister, Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Germany Multi-mycotoxin detection by immunoaffinity column Carol Donnelly, R-Biopharm Rhône Ltd., UK Recent developments in mycotoxin analysis Nancy Zabe, VICAM group of Waters Technologies, USA Application of Acquity TQD for the analysis of mycotoxin contaminants in pistachio, almond and cashew nuts Dr. Andreas Tei, Waters Corporation, European Headquarters, France A 5-minute rapid, sensitive ELISA for the detection and quantification of T-2 / HT-2 toxins  Chuck Bird, Neogen Corp., USA   18.00 Poster presentations at the Scientific Café

Parallel session 2 Mycotoxins in the feed chain – emerging problems and solutions

Chair: Prof.dr. Johanna Fink-Gremmels, Utrecht University, Division Veterinary Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology and Toxicology, the Netherlands Dr. Gerardo Morantes, Cargill, Inc., USA   14.00 The unpredictable: co-exposure to mycotoxins and undesirable substances in animal feeds Prof.dr. Johanna Fink-Gremmels, Utrecht University, Division Veterinary Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology and Toxicology, the Netherlands   14.30 The less understood: mycotoxins and fungi in forages and silages Dr. Gretchen A. Kuldau, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Plant Pathology, USA   15.00 Mycotoxins and vaccinal response: effects and solutions Dr. Guylaine Meissonnier, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Laboratory of Radiobiology and Genome Studies, France   15.30 Networking break & exhibition   16.00 Mycotoxins in ethanol co-products: economic impact and management strategies Dr. Gary Munkvold, Iowa State University, Department of Plant Pathology, USA   16.30 Evaluation aspects and regulatory approval of mycotoxin binders/inactivators: a look into the future Dr. Didier Jans, FEFANA (EU Feed Additives and Premixtures Association), Belgium   17.00 Spotlight presentations theatre 2 – Mycotoxin binders/inactivators Fusarium mycotoxins and immunity in turkeys Prof.Dr. Trevor Smith, Alltech, USA Mycofix® - The sophisticated concept in mycotoxin deactivation Dr. Dian Schatzmayr, BIOMIN Research Center, Austria Target organs: critical in the scientific evaluation of mycotoxin inactivators Dr. Douglas Zaviezo, Special Nutrients, USA Effect of mycotoxins and toxin binder on performance, morphological and immunological characteristics of broilers Dr. Olga Averkieva, Kemin Europa, Nutritional Services Department, Belgium Spotlight presentations theatre 3 – Sampling International harmonisation of sampling of bulk commodities Dr. Roland E. Poms, International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), Austria   18.00 Poster presentations at the Scientific Café

TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2008 Parallel session 3 Mycotoxins in the food chain – emerging problems and solutions

Chair: Dr. Antonio Logrieco, Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA-CNR), Italy   08.45 Emerging issues of HT-2 and T-2 toxins in European cereal production Dr. Simon G. Edwards, Harper Adams University College, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, UK   09.15 Fate of Fusarium mycotoxins from raw cereal to the finished consumer products Keith Scudamore, KAS Mycotoxins, UK   09.45 What about the 'other' Fusarium mycotoxins? Dr. Marika Jestoi, Finnish Food Safety Authority (Evira), Chemistry and Toxicology Research Unit, Finland   10.15 Networking break & exhibition

Subsession Multifaceted approach to prevent mycotoxin contamination in the field Chair: Dr. David Kendra, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Mycotoxin Research Unit, USA   10.45 Chemical control of mycotoxin producing Fusarium species in cereals Anne Suty-Heinze, Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft, Germany   11.15 Biological management of mycotoxin contamination in wheat Dr. Allen Xue, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Canada   11.45 Breeding for resistance in naturally occurring plant genes Dr. Scott  A. Heuchelin, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, USA   12.15 The search for plant resistance to fungal infection and mycotoxin- production: silver bullet or resistance by committee Dr. Jeffrey W. Cary, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, USA   12.45 Lunch break

Parallel session 4 Mycotoxin analysis

Chair: Ton van Osenbruggen, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands   08.45 The role and task of the Network of Reference Laboratories for Mycotoxins in the EU Dr. Joerg Stroka, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Belgium   09.15 The need for harmonisation of reliable and validated rapid methods for mycotoxin analysis Dr. Anton J. Alldrick, Campden BRI, UK   09.45 Introduction to emerging technologies for mycotoxin detection Dr. Chris Maragos, U.S. Department of Agriculture,  Agricultural Research Service, Mycotoxin Research Unit, USA   10.15 Networking break & exhibition

Subsession Mycotoxin analysis tools of tomorrow

Chair: Dr. Chris Maragos, U.S. Department of Agriculture,  Agricultural Research Service, Mycotoxin Research Unit, USA   10.45 Antibody alternatives: the story of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) Prof.dr. Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University, Department of Bio-analysis, Belgium   11.15 Electrochemical immunosensors: a promising alternative for mycotoxins analysis in food Dr. Francesco Ricci, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Department of Science and Chemical Technologies, Italy   11.45 Transcriptomics as a tool for the determination of trichothecenes Prof.dr. Hanspeter Nägeli, University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Switzerland   12.15 Fluorescence polarization immunoassays for multi-mycotoxins quantitative detection Prof.dr. Sergei Eremin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Russia   12.45 Lunch break

Final plenary meeting What's next?

Chair: Dr. Gordon S. Shephard, Medical Research Council, PROMEC Unit, South Africa Hans P. van Egmond, M.Sc., National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands   14.00 Masked mycotoxins: not apparently there, but still an emerging threat? Prof.dr. Jana Hajšlová, Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Czech Republic   14.30 The ongoing debate on aflatoxins levels: risk assessment, management and communication Presentations and panel discussion: Global health and economic impacts of harmonized aflatoxin standards: modelling cost-effectiveness of risk management strategies Dr. Felicia Wu, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, USA The EFSA assessment on the potential increase of consumer health risk by a possible increase of the existing maximum levels for aflatoxins in food Dr. Peter Fürst, Chemisches Landes- und Staatliches Veterinäruntersuchungsamt, Germany Recent and future possible changes to EU aflatoxin regulations following recent EFSA and JECFA assessments and decisions at the Codex Alimentarius Commission – a stepwise approach from negotations in the frame of CODEX to change into EU legislation Frans Verstraete, European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, Brussels, Belgium   16.00 The challenges of change Closing lecture by David Byrne Special Envoy for the World Health Organization (WHO), and former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection   16.30 Closing of the fifth conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum Jan Willem van der Kamp, M.Sc., International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), Austria

 

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