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Title

Worldwide regulations for mycotoxins in food and feed in 2003.

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Egmond, H. P. van (Hans P.)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80004214
• Jonker, M. A.

Description

x, 165 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.

Summary

Since the discovery of the aflatoxins in the 1960s, mycotoxin regulations have been established in many countries, both to protect the consumer from the harmful effects of these toxins that may contaminate foodstuffs and to ensure fair practices in food trade. The present publication is an update of FAO Food and Nutrition Paper No. 64 (1977) and describes the situation of worldwide mycotoxin regulation as of December 2003, based on an international enquiry carried out in 2002/2003. The number of countries with specific regulations for mycotoxins has greatly increased over the years, reflecting the general concern that governments have about the potential effects of mycotoxins on human and animal health and their implications for trade.

Series Statement

FAO food and nutrition paper ; 81

Subject

• Food contamination
• Mycotoxins

Note

• "This study was conducted by the Laboratory for Food and Residue Analyses (ARO) of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands, under contract with FAO. ... FAO wishes to acknowledge the valuable work of the authors, H.P. Van Egmond and M.A. Jonker"--P. vi.
• "TC/M/Y5499E/1/07.04/1200"--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-35).

ISBN

9251051623 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005370854

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library