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Evaluation of certain mycotoxins in food : fifty-sixth report of the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting (56th : 2001 : Geneva, Switzerland)
- Series:
- Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 906.
- WHO technical report series, 0512-3054 ; 906
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mycotoxins.
- Mycotoxicoses.
- Aflatoxins--Toxicology.
- Aflatoxins.
- Carboxylic acids--Toxicology.
- Carboxylic acids.
- Ochratoxins--Toxicology.
- Ochratoxins.
- Trichothecenes--Toxicology.
- Trichothecenes.
- Food contamination.
- Risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 62 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fifty-sixth Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Committee on Food Additives. This report presents the conclusions os a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee converned to assess the risks associated with the consumption of food contaminated with specific mycotoxins. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles for evaluating mycotoxins in food, including those concerning analytical methods, sampling, data on food consumption and dietary intake, and prevention and control. The second part provides a summary of the Committee's evaluations of toxicological data on specific mycotoxins, including aflatoxin M1, fumonisins B1, B2 and B3, ochratoxin A, deoxynivaleno 1, and T-2 and HT-2 toxins.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. General considerations
- 2.1 Analytical methods
- 2.2 Sampling
- 2.3 Data on food consumption
- 2.4 Availability of data and other issues related to dietary intake
- 2.5 Prevention and control
- 3. Specific mycotoxins
- 3.1 Aflatoxin M[sub(1)]
- 3.2 Fumonisins B[sub(1)], B[sub(2)] and B[sub(3)]
- 3.3 Ochratoxin A
- 3.4 Trichothecenes
- 3.4.1 Deoxynivalenol
- 3.4.2 T-2 and HT-2 toxins
- 4. Recommendations
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Annex 1 Reports and other documents resulting from previous meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 92-4-068037-3
- OCLC:
- 171583373
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