Mycotoxins – unavoidable natural contaminants in staple crops: Public health and international trade

Description

In June 2012, Carleton University hosted a meeting attracting over 200 academic, government and industry scientists, government officials and farming organizations from 27 countries to discuss the important problem of mycotoxins in food and feed. Although the focus was on the United States and Canada, the science is universal in its application and of global significance. This was the 5th meeting in a series initiated by a group based at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). In Ottawa, presentations from grain millers, food companies, value chain managers and farmers suggested the need for better and more effective consultation on the regulation of mycotoxins because of their ever increasing economic, social and environmental importance.

Program

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Registration

• Fees are Can$300 for Professionals and Can$200 for students.
• Register online at http://forms.carleton.ca/toxicologyforum/joint-meeting-registration/

Accomodations

• For lodging, there is a room block at The Fairmont Château Laurier.
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The Progressive Economics Forum holds its annual meetings at the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) conference, which we thank for its financial support. Thanks also to Nick Falvo for organizing the following lineup of sessions from May 31 through June 2, 2013, at HEC Montréal. To attend, please register for the main CEA conference and/or contact us.

Infectious diseases are the single largest cause of livestock mortality worldwide, disrupting international agricultural trade and contributing to food insecurity.  In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock production is vital to the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers and accounts for 25% of national income in some countries. 

Funded by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund, Canada and South Africa’s expertise in vaccine research is being put to work to develop and test a cost-effective and easy-to-administer single-dose vaccine that will protect cattle, sheep, and goats from multiple livestock diseases.  A second project, involving researchers from Kenya and Canada, is developing a vaccine to protect cattle against contagious bovine pleuropneumonia – a highly contagious bacterial disease of cattle that has serious economic and trade consequences in sub-Saharan Africa

Join us to hear Dr. Andrew Potter, director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, and Dr. David Wallace, senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council in South Africa, talk about the work that their two teams are doing on livestock vaccine development in Africa.

When: Tuesday, May 7^th 2013, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: IDRC, 150 Kent Street, 8^th Floor, W. David Hopper Room
RSVP:  Jayne Bergeron at 613-696-2537  or email jbergeron@idrc.ca

Attendance is free but seating is limited.

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