AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

SYMPOSIUM

MYCOTOXINS and FOOD SAFETY

WASHINGTON, DC
AUGUST 21-23, 2000

ORGANIZED BY

MARY TRUCKSESS
LAUREN JACKSON
JONATHAN DEVRIES


CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lauren Jackson, PhD   (708) 728-4162
Mary W. Trucksess, PhD   (202) 205-4429
Jonathan W. DeVries, PhD   (763) 764-2774

SPONSORS:

The following have indicated an intent to cosponsor this symposium along with the Ag & Food Division of ACS.

Interested in cosponsoring? ACS invites all those interested in supporting this worthwhile effort to contact: Jonathan DeVries - Sr. Principal Scientist General Mills, Inc. (763)764-2774. Sponsorship by providing a speaker or financial support will be greatly appreciated. Sponsors are asked to supply a copy of their company logo for future brochures and a slide of their company logos for display at the ACS meeting.


Preliminary Program
(updated June 26, 2000)

 

SESSION 1: Monday, August 21, 2000; 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
1:30 Opening Welcome : Jonathan W. DeVries, Medallion Laboratories
Session: Sources and Mycology/Relevance of Mycotoxins in the Food Supply
Session Chair: David Miller (Carleton University)
1:40 Biology and ecology of mycotoxigenic Aspergillus species as related to economic and health concerns
David M. Wilson, University of Georgia
2:00 Biology and ecology of mycotoxigenic Fusarium species
David Miller, Carleton University
2:20 Biology and ecology of mycotoxigenic Penicillium species
John Pitt, Food Science Australia
2:40 BREAK
Session Chair: Bob Eppley (FDA/CFSAN)
3:00 Chemistry and toxicology of molds isolated from water-damaged buildings
Bruce Jarvis, University of Maryland
3:20 Reduction of Fusarium head blight disease severity and DON levels via application of choline metabolizing antagonists at wheat flowering
David Schisler, USDA/ARS
3:40 Impact of mycotoxins on food safety in China
Xiumei Liu, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
   
SESSION 2: Tuesday, August 22, 2000; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session: General Analytical Aspects of Mycotoxins
Session Chair: Mary Trucksess (FDA/CFSAN)
9:00 Sampling, sample preparation and analytical varaibility associated with testing wheat for DON
Thomas Whitaker, USDA/ARS
9:20 Novel assays and sensor platforms for the detection of aflatoxins
Chris Maragos, USDA/ARS
9:40 Analytical methods for fumonisins in foods
Steven Musser, FDA
10:00 Recent advances in analytical methodology for cyclopiazonic acid
Joe Dorner, USDA
10:20 BREAK
Session Chair: Sam Page (FDA/CFSAN)
10:40 Methods for analysis of ochratoxin A
Peter Scott, Health Canada
11:00 HPLC detection of patulin in apple juice with GC/MS confirmation of patulin identity
Allan Brause, Analytical Chemical Services of Columbia, Inc.
11:20 Methods for the determination of vomitoxin and other trichothecenes in foods
Gary Lombaert, Health Canada
11:40 Closing Remarks Mary Trucksess
   
SESSION 3: Tuesday, August 22, 2000; 1:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
1:30 Opening Remarks Mary Trucksess or Jon DeVries
Session: Processing Effects on Mycotoxins
Session Chair: Lloyd Bullerman (University of Nebraska)
1:40 Development and characterization of clay-based enterosorbents for the prevention of aflatoxicosis
Timothy D. Phillips, Texas A&M University
2:00 Effect of processing on aflatoxin
Douglas Park, FDA
2:20 Effect of processing on DON and other trichothecenes
Dionisia M.Trigo-Stockli, Kansas State University
2:40 Effect of processing on the ochratoxin A (OTA) content of coffee
Rinantonio Viani, FAO Consultant, Switzerland
3:00 BREAK
Session Chair: Jane Robens (USDA)
3:20 Stability of fumonisins in food processing
Lloyd Bullerman, University of Nebraska
3:40 Effects of processing on zearelanone
Dojin Ryu, University of Nebraska
4:00 Mycotoxins & fermentation-Beer production
Charlene Wolf-Hall and Paul Schwarz, North Dakota State University
   
SESSION 4: Wednesday, August 23, 2000; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session: Toxicity and Risk Assessment, Regulatory Aspects and Economic Impact
Session Chair: Paul Howard (FDA/NCTR)
9:00 Public health implications of fumonisin exposure
P.M. Bolger, FDA
9:20 Aflatoxin: Worldwide risk assessment issues
Sara Hale Henry, FDA
9:40 Tricothecene Toxicity and risk assessment
Moniek Pieters, National Institute of Public Health & the Environment, Netherlands
10:00 Risk assessment of ochratoxin A: Current views of the European Scientific Committee on Food, the JECFA and Codex
Ronald Walker, University of Surrey
10:20 BREAK
Session Chair: Terry Troxell (FDA/CFSAN)
10:40 Worldwide regulations for mycotoxins
Hans vanEgmond, National Institute of Public Health & the Environment, Netherlands
11:00 Economic changes imposed by mycotoxins on food grains: Case study of DON in winter wheat
Arthur W. Schaafsma, University of Guelph
11:20 U.S. perspective on mycotoxin regulatory issues
Terry Troxell, FDA
11:40 Closing Remarks: Jon DeVries


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