aflatoxin News
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Mycotoxin Outbreak Hurts Crops and Farmers across the U.S.
In addition to grappling with a record-breaking drought and heat, now farmers must deal with outbreaks of fungi that are destroying their crops as well. Specifically, corn and wheat industries in the Midwest, Southern, and Eastern regions of the country are experiencing aflatoxin and deoxynivalenol (DON) outbreaks. The drought has already prevented farmers from reaching their normal crop yields, ...
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VICAM’s Afla-V AQUA Strip Test Receives USDA-GIPSA Certification for the Quantitative Analysis of Aflatoxins
Waters Corporation (WAT: NYSE) today announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, received USDA-GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration) certification for its Afla-V® AQUA™ strip test for the quantitative analysis of total aflatoxins in grains. “Aflatoxin detection is critical to global food cultivation and trade. USDA-GIPSA approval provides official ...
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Smartphone app offers cheap aflatoxin test for farmers
A smartphone application could offer a cheap way for African farming communities to manage cancer-causing toxins produced by a fungus that grows on crops while building a ‘big data’ set to assist research on outbreaks. The Lab-on-Mobile-Device (LMD) platform can detect aflatoxins as accurately as a laboratory test, but can be carried out anywhere at a fraction of the cost using a ...
By SciDev.Net
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EMSL Successfully Participates in Mycotoxin Research Study
EMSL is proud to announce their successful participation in a global, inter-laboratory mycotoxin study. EMSL was one of only five laboratories in the United States invited to take part in this important research. During this study a proficiency test (PT) was performed for the simultaneous determination of 11 mycotoxins in corn using LC-MS/MS. Mycotoxins included aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, ...
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VICAM Now Offers a Single Extraction Test for Aflatoxins and Fumonisins in Corn and Grain
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced VICAM, a Waters Business, now offers a single extraction method for the detection of aflatoxins and fumonisins in corn and grain. The Afla-V® AQUA™ and Fumo-V® AQUA™ provide quantitative results in only five-minutes (after extraction/sample prep). The simple, one-step, water-based process eliminates solvent use completely. ...
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Countries need better science to win trade disputes
With disputes about the quality of exports on the rise, developing countries need to boost scientific capacity to win claims, says Joel D. Adriano. In today's highly competitive global economy, science has a crucial role to play in commerce. Traditionally it has driven the technologies used in the industrial production of everything from mobile phones to pharmaceuticals. More recently, it has ...
By SciDev.Net
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California’s Prop 65 and Fumonisin B1 Public Health Concerns
In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address increasing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is better known by its original name of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or ...
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Romer Labs launches water-based fumonisins test kit
Romer Labs expands its recently launched AgraStrip® WATEX product line with the introduction of AgraStrip® Total FUM WATEX - a water-based fumonisins test kit. AgraStrip® WATEX test kits are now available for aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2), deoxynivalenol, zerealenone and fumonisins (B1, B2, B3) and provide a fast, simple and eco-friendly solution for on-site mycotoxin testing. ...
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AgBiome Granted Multi-year Award to Discover Biological Solutions to Diseases Affecting Subsistence Crops of Sub-Saharan Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded AgBiome a new multi-year grant, entitled “Broad-Spectrum Biological Control of Fungal Diseases,” which will fund the evaluation and development of lead, proprietary biological fungicides in the fields of African smallholder farmers. The aim of the project is to identify and validate biological fungicides to control one or more of ...
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VICAM Introduces New Rapid, Solvent-free Method for Ochratoxin A Detection in Coffee and Wheat
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, now offers a rapid, eco-friendly lateral flow strip test specifically for the detection of ochratoxin A in green coffee and wheat. Compared to traditional methods, the Ochra-V® AQUA™ reduces ochratoxin A testing time by half and eliminates the use of organic solvents completely. Traditional laboratory-based ...
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Things You Need To Know About Animal Feed Pellets Ingredients
Animal feed ingredients refer to the feed that takes an animal, plant, microorganism or mineral as raw materials in feed processing. If you are interested in the feed pellet making machine, please read this article. Here are several animal feed ingredients as follow: Feed Pellet Making Machine To Make Corn(maize) Corn is the main raw material of animal feed, generally fit accounted for about 60% ...
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Fluxergy Food Safety Use Cases: Testing Raw Milk
All dairy products must begin with safe, high quality raw milk. Due to milk’s high water content (87%), it is highly susceptible to tampering at the manufacturing level or through middlemen, and its nutritive value lends milk to being the ideal medium for bacterial growth. Thus, testing milk is critical to maintaining quality and ensuring the safety of the product. There is a wide range of ...
By Fluxergy
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Food standards commission targets dangerous bacteria and chemicals
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, (CAC) concluded a week-long meeting and adopted more than 30 new international standards, codes of practice and guidelines to improve worldwide food safety and protect the health of consumers. New standards adopted by the Commission include: Reduction of Acrylamide in foods The Commission approved measures for reducing the formation of acrylamide in foods. ...
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