Safe Food and Feed through an Integrated Toolbox for Mycotoxin Management
Abstract
MyToolBox mobilises a multi-actor partnership with 50% industry participation (farmers, technology SME, food/feed industry), as well as academia and policy stakeholders, to develop novel interventions aimed at achieving at least a 20% reduction in crop losses due to biological (fungal) and mycotoxin contamination. Cutting edge research will result in new interventions, which will be integrated together with existing measures (such as HACCP & GAP) in a web-based Toolbox that will guide the end-user as to the most effective measure(s) to be taken to reduce crop losses taking account of individual circumstances such as geographical location, climatic conditions, land-use, crop management & storage and intended end-use. We will focus on small grain cereals, maize, peanuts and dried fruit (figs), applicable to agricultural conditions in EU and China. Crop losses using existing practices will be compared with crop losses after novel pre-harvest interventions including investigation of genetic-resistance to fungal infection, cultural control, replacement of conventional fungicides with novel bio-pesticides (organic-farming compliant), competitive biocontrol treatment and development of forecasting models to predict mycotoxin contamination at an early stage. Research into post-harvest measures including real-time monitoring during storage, innovative sorting of crops using vision-technology and novel milling technology will enable cereals with higher levels of mycotoxin contamination to be processed without breaching regulatory limits in finished products. Research into the effects of baking on mycotoxin levels will provide better understanding of process factors used in mycotoxin risk assessment. Investigations will also extend to animal feed and novel uses of highly contaminated crops. Involvement of leading academic partners from China will aid in establishing international cooperation in mycotoxin research and in particular the initiation of a formal EU-China dialogue.
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Project staff
Rudolf Krska
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rudolf Krska
rudolf.krska@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97301, 97302
Project Leader
01.03.2016 - 29.02.2020
Patrick Rennhofer
Patrick Rennhofer MSc.
patrick.rennhofer@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.03.2016 - 29.02.2020
Michael Sulyok
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael Sulyok
michael.sulyok@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97312
Project Staff
01.03.2016 - 29.02.2020
Gerlinde Wiesenberger
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerlinde Wiesenberger
gerlinde.wiesenberger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-94482
Project Staff
01.09.2019 - 25.02.2020
Kang Kang Xu
Kang Kang Xu MSc.
kangkang.xu@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97373
Project Staff
01.03.2016 - 29.02.2020
BOKU partners
External partners
RIKILT Institute of Food Safety MCB
Monique de Nijs
partner
Barilla G. e R. Fratelli
Michele Suman
partner
Wageningen University
Monique Mourits
partner
Harper Adams University
Simon Edwards
partner
HORTA
Vittorio Rossi
partner
IRIS
Oonagh McNerney
partner
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Liu Yang
partner
Bioforsk Norway
Ingerd Hofgaard
partner
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Carsten Fauhl-Hassek
partner
Agro LV (Agro LV)
Giel Nusselder
partner
D.O.O. Agrocentrum Becej
Helena Stanko
partner
Biomin Holding Gmbh
Gerd Schatzmayr
partner
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Feed Research Institute
Jinquan Wang
partner
FoodLife International Ltd.
John Gilbert
partner
University of Novi Sad
Ferenc Bagi
partner
ICC Austria_x000D_
Michaela Pichler
partner
Axeb Biopesticides
Rubén Torregrosa
partner
Chinese Academy of State Administration of Grain (ASAG)
Songxue Wang
partner
Suedzucker
Michael Klingeberg
partner
TARIS (TARIS)
Nil Yetgin
partner
Cranfield University
Naresh Magan
partner