Effort to Develop Early Mycotoxin Warning System for European Cereal Grains Underway
Wageningen University Food Safety Research recently launched a four-year project with the goal of developing an early warning system to detect the presence of mycotoxins in European cereal grains. Scientific and nonprofit organizations, government, and industry will collaborate on the effort.
The presence of mycotoxins in crops, caused by a plant fungal infection, can cause illness in the humans and animals who consume them. Research has shown mycotoxins to be a growing threat to European agriculture.