In dem von Rudolf Krska koordinierten Projekt „MyToolBox“, einer großangelegten Kooperation zwischen EU und China, werden Maßnahmen zur Verringerung des Mykotoxingehalts erarbeitet. Nun wurde bei einem Stakeholder-Treffen in China Feedback von Praktikern eingeholt. Full Article.
Unsere Teller waren noch nie so reichlich und mit so sicherem Essen gefüllt wie heute, und trotzdem vergeht kaum ein Jahr ohne Lebens- oder Futttermittelskandal. Full Article.
With rising incidence of fusarium ear blight and changes to mycotoxin legal limits on the horizon, experts are advising wheat growers to adopt a more water-tight, integrated approach to minimising the problems in future seasons. Full article.
In this In-Depth Focus, Tania Portolés looks at how experts can expand the detection and quantification of contaminants in food samples and David Stadler and Rudolf Krska discuss the impact of lot-to-lot variation’s use on determining the accuracy of a multi-mycotoxin assay. Full article.
Schimmelpilzgifte stellen die Sicherheit von Lebens- und Futtermitteln in Frage. Wissenschaftler am IFA Tulln, einer Abteilung der BOKU, entwickeln mit 23 internationalen Projektpartnern einen Werkzeugkasten voller Bekämpfungsstrategien. Full article
The European mycotoxin project MyToolBox is stepping up its collaboration with China to discuss approaches to standard setting for mycotoxin detoxification additives and to carry out more studies. All About Feed talked to John Gilbert, who is leading this collaboration work. Read full article.
There is a pressing need to mobilise and integrate the wealth of knowledge from the international mycotoxin research conducted over the past 25-30 years, in order to perform cutting-edge research to close knowledge gaps. This is the mission of MyToolBox – a four-year project, funded by the European Commission from 2016 to 2020. Read full article.
Dairy and pig trials to support the development of EU equivalent regulations on feed additives to detoxify mycotoxins are about to get underway in China. The animal studies form part of the Horizon 2020 funded four-year long initiative, MyToolBox. Read full article.
Austrian weekly newspaper reports on additional funding for the MyToolBox project received from the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. Download full article.
In a new initiative that is being funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme, a group of scientists, engineers and IT specialists have teamed up to provide knowledge transfer to farmers and other decision makers in the food and feed chains. Using smart technology available on phones and tablets, decision-making tools will be made available to the agricultural and food communities to guide them in taking the most cost-effective actions to minimise fungal infection and mycotoxin formation.