Conference Agenda

11:15am - 11:30am

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

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

11:30am - 11:45am

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

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

11:45am - 12:00pm

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

Octavian Mihalache, Chiara Dall'Asta

University of Parma, Italy

12:00pm - 12:15pm

About the known and the novel mycotoxins on hard cheese

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

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

12:15pm - 12:30pm

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

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