USDA Agricultural Research Service --Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Title

The Mycotoxin Threat to Food Safety

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

November 2007

Comments

Published in International Journal of Food Microbiology 119 (2007) 1–2.

Abstract

This workshop entitled “Mycotoxins from the Field to the Table” held in Omaha, Nebraska, USA from 29 November to 1 December, 2006 evolved from the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Co-operative Research Program on “Biological Resource Management” that was initiated in 1979. It currently focuses on three specific areas, namely the natural resources challenge, sustainability in practice, and the food chain. This workshop was organized under the sustainability and food chain themes.

The Cooperative Research Program's two major activities are promotion of expert exchanges by supporting postdoctoral fellowship awards up to 26 weeks in an OECD host laboratory and sponsoring or co-sponsoring workshops under the themes priority areas. Currently participating countries in the program are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The program usually sponsors 6 to 8 expert workshops per year. All information related to this program can be located at the internet website of OECD (www.oecd.org/arg/prog/). Any further information can be obtained from the OECD, Mr. Carl-Christian Schmidt, Head of the Co-operative Research Program, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, 2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France (email: Carl-Christian. Schmidt@oecd.org).