This paper reviews the various processing methods used for molluscs, shellfish, and cephalopods, with the aim of preserving food quality, prolonging shelf-life, improving microbial quality, preventing food contamination, and ensuring food safety, as well as for the extraction of raw materials such...

This paper focuses on the risks posed by mycotoxins produced by toxinogenic fungal pathogens on maize in Italy. Some measures for the prevention of mycotoxin contamination that must be adopted by all parts of the maize supply chain and to prevent or limit these food safety risks are also discussed.

In the history of human development, stored-product protection (SPP) is probably older than the invention of agriculture because even what was hunted and gathered needed to be stored to provide food for the bad days. One may think that the human race had enough time to find out everything that...

This paper presents the results of studies conducted to identify the impact of new solutions and alternatives to tools currently available for the control of the mycotoxin problem in winter cereals. It was shown that the selection of new and more disease-tolerant cultivars, the use of natural...

This proceedings contains papers focusing on the most recent scientific evidence derived from research projects on the effects of mycotoxins and plant toxins in the agri-food chain, the management of emergency situations along the entire agri-food chain and the adaptation of control methods in...

This paper provides information on some decontamination or detoxification strategies to recover mycotoxin-contaminated maize batches and avoid economic losses. The efficacy of various industrial-scale cleaning equipments for mycotoxin reduction in maize seeds are also presented.

This study is sought to provide an overview on the implementation of the new certified reference material for somatic cell counting in milk, which was launched in 2020. Milk somatic cell count (SCC) is a widely used indicator for monitoring the udder health of several mammalian species and is...

Poor storage capacity of soybean makes it prone to fungal spoilage and heating during storage, resulting in lower quality. Early prediction of the fungal spoilage in stored soybeans is very difficult because fungi are often too small to be seen with the naked eye. Here a new method for fungus to...