Scalable predictive modelling for mycotoxin risk: the adaptability and impact of the AFLA-maize mechanistic model

Marco Camardo Leggieri, Matteo Crosta, Paola Battilani

Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, Piacenza, Italy

Use of citizen science to determine consumer habits towards moldy foods and evaluate mycotoxin migration and exposure at the consumer level

Charlotte Réant¹, Tan Trinh Huynh³, Kimberley Girardon², Philippe Dantigny¹, Nolwenn Hymery¹, Elisabeth Poirier¹, Béatrice Sommier², Claire-Lise Ackermann², Morgane Innocent², Patrick Gabriel², Emmanuel Coton¹, Sabine Schorr-Galindo³, Angélique Fontana³, Monika Coton¹

1: Univ. Brest INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France; 2: Univ. Brest, Laboratoire d’Economie et de Gestion de l’Ouest, Brest, France; 3: UMR QualiSud, F-34095 Montpellier, France

Exploratory Study on the Occurrence of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Mouldy Fruits from German Retail Stores

Isabell Thomä¹, Leon Hart¹, Ömer Akineden¹, Ewald Usleber¹, Christina Rehagel²

1: Chair of Dairy Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany; 2: Faculty of Food and Nutrition Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Mönchengladbach, Germany

Mycotoxin contamination in cereals and fermented foods across African regions (2010-2024)

Annalisa De Girolamo¹, Sheila Okott², Kokeb T. Hadush³, Mohammed Merhdie^4,5, Viotou Coffi⁶, Julianah Odukoya⁷, Lethicia Manizan⁸, Vincenzo Lippolis¹, Sarah De Saeger⁵, Tiziana Forleo¹, Antonio Moretti¹

1: National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy; 2: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya; 3: Ghent University (UGent), Belgium; 4: Federal University of Technology (FUTMinna), Nigeria; 5: Wageningen University Research (WUR); 6: Université Abomey Calavi (UAC), Benin; 7: University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa; 8: University of Nangui Abrogoua (UNA), Ivory Coast

Occurrence and health risk estimation of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk, pasteurized and UHT milk in Thailand

Saranya Poapolathep¹, Narumol Klangkaew¹, Napasorn Phaochoosak¹, Wassana Jawjaroensri², Aggachai Sroynum², Duanghathai Saipinta³, Witaya Suriyasathaporn³, Mario Giorgi⁴, Zhaowei Zhang⁵, Johanna Fink-Gremmels⁶, Amnart Poapolathep¹

1: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2: Nong Pho Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Rachaburi, Thailand; 3: Department of Food Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 4: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 5: Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China; 6: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Alternaria toxins in the fruit products supply chain

Maria Agustina Pavicich¹, Sarah De Saeger¹, Andrea Patriarca²

1: Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Magan Centre of Applied Mycology, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

Is Fumonisin less of a Risk in the Eastern Cape? Investigating Fusarium Diversity and Mycotoxin Prevalence in Eastern Cape South African Maize

Neriman Yilmaz¹, Kiara Munsamy¹, Hannalien Meyer², Cobus Visagie¹

1: Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, South Africa; 2: The Southern African Grain Laboratory (SAGL), Grain Building-Agri Hub Office Park, 477 Witherite Street, The Willows, Pretoria 0040, South Africa

Can Effective Agrotechnical Treatments Against Neonectria ditissima Reduce also Patulin Levels in Apples?

Jakub Toman¹, Zuzana Hanackova², Darina Pickova¹, Adela Reinbergerova², Aneta Obychodova¹, Michaela Kracikova², Katerina Holinska¹, Vladimir Ostry³, Pavlina Jaklova², Frantisek Malir¹

1: University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; 2: Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy 129, 508 01, Czech Republic; 3: Center for Health, Nutrition and Food in Brno, National Institute of Public Health in Prague, Palackeho 3a, CZ-61242 Brno, Czech Republic

Risk ranking of mycotoxins in foods: Where do plant-based meat alternatives stand?

Octavian Mihalache, Chiara Dall'Asta

University of Parma, Italy

About the known and the novel mycotoxins on hard cheese

Ronald Maul¹, Kim Lara Gützkow¹, Sascha Rohn², Markus Schmidt-Heydt¹

1: MRI Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Germany; 2: Technische Universität Berlin

Predictive optimization of dog food formulation to minimize chemical contaminants

Chibundu N. Ezekiel¹, Flora A. Asibe², Muiz O. Akinyemi³, Michael Sulyok¹, Rudolf Krska^1,4

1: BOKU University, Austria; 2: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria; 3: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 4: Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Island, United Kingdom

Physiologically Based Kinetic Modelling of the Emerging Mycotoxin Alternariol for Toxicological Risk Assessment

Eszter Borsos^1,2, Blandine Dechamps³, Shana J. Sturla³, Elisabeth Varga^1,4, Doris Marko¹, Aichinger Georg³

1: Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2: Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 4: Centre for Food Science and Veterinary Public Health, Clinical Department for Farm Animals and Food System Science, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Effects of DON alone and in combination with cereal components in human in vitro systems

Gunnar Sundstøl Eriksen, Anita Solhaug

Norwegian Veterinary Institiute, Norway

Synergestic effect of Ochratoxin A and Cadmium on the urinary tract

Aurore Durant^1,2, Philippe Pinton¹, Olivia Labat¹, Isabelle Oswald¹

1: TOXALIM (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Toulouse University, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France; 2: IRSD (Research Centre in Digestive Health), Toulouse University, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, UPS, Toulouse, France

Effects of acyl-fumonisin B1 derivatives on zebrafish embryos and their interactions with serum albumin

Miklós Poór¹, Illés Bock², Zsolt Csenki², Levente Horváth³, Tibor Bartók³

1: University of Pécs, Hungary; 2: Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary; 3: Fumizol Ltd., Hungary

Unlocking the potential of glucose to modulate the response to mycotoxins in the colon

Karolina Kowalska^1,2, Doris Marko¹

1: University of Vienna, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Vienna, Austria; 2: Medical University of Lodz, Department of Cell Culture and Genomic Analysis, Lodz, Poland