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

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

¹Chair of Dairy Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany; ²Faculty 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

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

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

¹Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ²Magan 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

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

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

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

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

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

¹Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Centre 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

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

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

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

Karolina Kowalska^1,2, Doris Marko¹

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

Grasping the Duality of Fumonisins: A Computational Insight into Ceramide Synthase Interactions

Florinda Perugino, Lorenzo Pedroni, Gianni Galaverna, Chiara Dall'Asta, Luca Dellafiora

University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Individual and combined cytotoxicity of T-2, HT-2, and diacetoxyscirpenol mixture on human Jurkat T cells

Amnart Poapolathep^1,2, Phattarawadee Wattanasuntorn², Patchara Phuktes³, Saranya Poapolathep¹, Imourana Alassane-Kpembi⁴, Johanna Fink-Gremmels⁵, Isabelle P. Oswald⁶

¹Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; ²Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetic Engineering, Graduate School, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; ³Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon kaen, Thailand; ⁴Department of Veterinary Biomedicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint Hyacinthe, Canada; ⁵Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; ⁶Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Toulouse University, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpon, UPS, Toulouse, France

Mechanistic insights into the immunosuppressive effects of Alternaria mycotoxins on NF-κB signaling in THP1 monocytes

Vanessa Partsch^1,2, Crudo Francesco¹, Del Favero Giorgia¹, Marko Doris¹

¹University of Vienna, Austria; ²Doctoral School in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Low doses of DON trigger apoptosis and alter GnRH stimulation of gonadotrope cells

Lingchen Yang^1,2, Guodong Cai^1,3, Francis Marien-Bourgeois¹, Derek Boerboom¹, Gustavo Zamberlam¹, Imourana Alassane-Kpembi¹

¹Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Canada; ²College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, China; ³College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, China.

Combination of major Alternaria mycotoxins, their interaction and impact on intestinal cells

Laetitia Jaan, Olivier Puel, Isabelle Oswald, Thierry Gauthier

Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France

NX producers everywhere? Is anything selecting for them?

Gerhard Adam¹, Gerlinde Wiesenberger¹, Herbert Michlmayr¹, Barbara Steiner², Hermann Buerstmayr², Chibundu Ezekiel³, Michael Sulyok³, Franz Berthiller³

¹BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. for Microbial Genetics; ²BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. of Biotechnologie in Plant Production; ³BOKU University, Austria, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, Inst. of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics

Safety and sustainability: aflatoxin risk management in Italian peanut production

Matteo Crosta, Marco Camardo Leggieri, Paola Battilani

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Occurrence and impact of toxigenic Trichoderma species on maize in Europe

Annette Pfordt¹, Antonio Moretti², Andreas vonTiedemann¹

¹Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany; ²Institute of Sciences of Food Production National Research Council, Via Amendola 122/o 70126 Bari, Italy

Impact of External Stress Factors on Mycotoxin Synthesis in Alternaria alternata

Adetoye W. Adeyemo, Markus Schmidt-Heydt

Max Rubner-Institute Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Germany

Development of single-plex and multiplex real-time (Taqman®) PCR assays for the rapid detection of toxigenic fungal contaminants in fruits and vegetables

Ornella Incerti, Chahinez Hadjila, Antonio Ippolito, Simona Marianna Sanzani

University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

From genes to molecules: discovery of novel apicidin L and proliferapyrones from Fusarium fujikuroi.

Svetlana Kalinina¹, Katharina Steinert¹, Alica Fischle¹, Anna K. Atanasoff-Kardjalieff², Lena Studt-Reinhold²

¹University of Münster, Institute of Food Chemistry, Germany; ²University of Natural resources and Life Sciences,

Deciphering Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis and Degradation in Aspergillus niger: Functional Insights from Halogenase and Ochratoxinase Mutants

Adrián González-García, Luis González-Candelas, Ana-Rosa Ballester

Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA, CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain

The remarkable advancements in (emerging) mycotoxin analysis since Martina Franca 1995

Rudolf Krska

BOKU University, Austria

Matrix effects of mycotoxin biomarkers in urine. Random effects or correlations?

Michael Kuhn, Benedikt Cramer, Hans-Ulrich Humpf

University Münster, Germany

The Illusion of Purity: Preserving Integrity in Mycotoxin Reference Materials

David Steiner¹, Tibor Bartók², Michael Sulyok³, András Szekeres⁴, Mónika Varga⁴, Levente Horváth², Helmut Rost¹

¹LVA GmbH, Magdeburggasse 10, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; ²Fumizol Ltd., Kisfaludy u. 6/B, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary; ³University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department for Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Konrad Lorenz-Strasse 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria; ⁴University of Szeged, Department of Microbiology, 6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary

MultiOmics approach for a better understanding and comprehensive management of mycotoxinogen risk related to Fusarium verticillioides

Marieke Vansteelandt¹, Alice Gadea¹, Nadia Ponts², Anne Goubet², Valérie Cristofoli¹, Adrien Vitrai¹, Mohamed Haddad¹

¹UMR 152 Pharma Dev, Université de Toulouse, IRD, UPS, France; ²UR 1264 MycSA, INRAE, Bordeaux, France

MS-based electronic nose for early detection of ochratoxigenic Aspergillus strain on traditional Italian Caciocavallo cheese during ripening

Salvatore Cervellieri¹, Francesco Longobardi², Antonia Susca³, Pamela Anelli³, Massimo Ferrara³, Thomas Netti³, Miriam Haidukowski³, Antonio Moretti³, Vincenzo Lippolis³

¹Institute of Food Sciences (ISA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), URT-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; ²Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; ³Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy

Determination of mycotoxins and plant toxins in raw cow milk from 5 EU countries using a validated LC-MS/MS Multi-Method

Ahmed El-Khatib¹, Arnold Bahlmann¹, Michael Weiss¹, Carolin Hoyer¹, Fenja Flevenhusen², Marine Gele³, Lucille Rey-Cadilhac⁴, Rennie Eppenstein⁵, Marco Berton⁶, Donagh Berry⁷, Christoph Hutzler¹, Stefan Weigel¹

¹German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany; ²University of Kassel, Germany; ³ACTA IDELE, Paris, France; ⁴INRAE, Paris, France; ⁵FIBL, Frick, Switzerland; ⁶UNIPD, Padova, Italy; ⁷TEAGASC, Carlow, Ireland

Integration of LC−TWIMS−HRMS and FBMN for elucidating Fusarium proliferatum secondary metabolism

Guillem Campmajó¹, Irene Picicci¹, Antonia Susca², Antonio Moretti², Chiara Dall'Asta¹

¹Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; ²National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy

Mycotoxin quantification in soy-foods by Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry

Weichen Shu¹, Oliver C Watkins¹, Stefan A Pieczonka², Vanesa Calvo-Baltanás¹, Jooseop Park¹, Michael Rychlik²

¹Proteins for Singapore, TUM-CREATE, Singapore; ²Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Reactivity and Oxidation Mechanism of Zearalenone: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study with Laccase-Mediator System

Martina Loi, Biancamaria Ciasca, Miriam Edith Haidukowski, Giuseppina Mulè

Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy. Via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy

The 3-keto-DON dilemma - Why C-3 oxidation likely isn’t enough to detoxify DON

Bernhard Neumayer, Elisabeth Streit, Barbara Weber

dsm-firmenich, Animal Nutrition and Health R&D Center, Tulln, Austria

Short-Term Toxic Effects of low dietary exposure to Ochratoxin A, Zearalenone, and Fumonisin B1 in Broilers: A Comparative Approach

Matteo Cuccato¹, Neenu Amminikutty¹, Achille Schiavone¹, Giuseppina Avantaggiato², Carlo Nebbia¹, Flavia Girolami¹

¹Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco (Turin), Italy;; ²Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, Bari, Italy

The effect of hydrothermal treatment with sodium metabisulfite on Fusarium-infected grains.

Anika Noldin¹, Patrick Sudwischer², Michael Sulyok³, Janine Saltzmann¹, Christian Visscher⁴, Sven Dänicke¹, Susanne Kersten¹

¹Institute of Animal Nutrition, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Brunswick, Germany; ²International Research Association of Feed Technology e.V., Research Institute of Feed Technology, Brunswick, Germany; ³Department of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Tulln, Austria; ⁴Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hanover, Germany

Innovative bentonite-based adsorbent patented for mycotoxin decontamination: glance on in vitro and in vivo evidence

Vito D'Ascanio, Donato Greco, Giuseppina Avantaggiato

Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy

Optimizing the degradation of aflatoxin B1 by Trametes versicolor laccase

Marco Zaccaria^1,2, Marzia Beccaccioli³, Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti⁴, Viviana Cristiglio⁵, Nathalie Sandlin², William Dawson⁶, Takahito Nakajima⁶, Bun Chan⁷, Babak Momeni², Luigi Genovese¹, Massimo Reverberi³

¹CEA/INAC-MEM/L-Sim, University Grenoble Alpes, 38044, Grenoble, France; ²Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA; ³Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome; ⁴Department of Biochemical Sciences “Alessandro Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy; ⁵Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042, Grenoble, France; ⁶RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe Japan; ⁷School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Japan

Natural plant extracts against mycotoxins: Insights into un-explored sources of phenolic compounds

Maria Vinas, Andrea Irías-Mata

University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Exploring the Potential of Bacillus subtilis: A Thorough Study on Mycotoxin Decontamination, Mechanisms, and Effectiveness in a Liquid Food Model

MARIAGRAZIA ABBASCIANO¹, DONATO GRECO¹, VITO D'ASCANIO¹, ELISA SANTOVITO¹, LAURA QUINTIERI¹, CLARISSA TECHER², GIUSEPPINA AVANTAGGIATO¹

¹Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council of Italy; ²Mixscience, 2/4 Avenue de Ker Lann, CS17228, CEDEX, 35172 Bruz, France;

Actinobacteria: promising biocontrol agents for managing mycotoxin risks

Louise MAUD, Selma P. SNINI, Julie BORNOT, Florence MATHIEU

Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, 31326 Toulouse, France;