CONffIDENCE cluster workshop
Work Packages 4a, 4b & 4c:

Detection, analysis and control of mycotoxins, marine biotoxins and alkaloids in food and feed.

8 November 2012

The 7th Conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum® and the XIIIth IUPAC International Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins was jointly organized in Rotterdam - the Netherlands, on 5-9 November 2012. During this conference a separate session was devoted to CONffIDENCE accomplishments in the areas of mycotoxins, marine biotoxins and alkaloids. During this CONffIDENCE workshop, results were presented through 4 lectures, 3 posters and demonstration activities. Multiplex dipsticks were demonstrated that have been developed to determine various Fusarium mycotoxins (fumonisins, DON, zearalenone, T-2 and HT-2 toxins) in food and feed and for tropane alkaloids (hyoscyamine and scopolamine) in feed.

In addition, a near infrared hyperspectral imaging method was displayed to detect ergot contamination in food and feed during transport of grain kernels on a moving belt. Opportunities for discussions on the presented project activities with stakeholders were available. Approximately 200 participants attended to the oral presentations and 30 to the workshop.

Programme CONffIDENCE Cluster 4 workshop

L1: against selected natural toxins: central components of immunoassays

Anne-Catherine Huet (CER, Belgium)

L2: Development and in-house validation of multiplex dipstick immunoassays for semi-quantitative determination of Fusarium mycotoxins in cereals

Veronica Lattanzio (ISPA-CNR, Italy)

L3: Near infrared hyperspectral imaging methodology as a control tool for the detection of ergot in cereals

Philippe Vermeulen (CRA-W, Belgium)

L4: Multiplex analysis of marine biotoxins: an advancement of the SPR biosensors

Katrina Campbell (QUB, UK)

CONffIDENCE posters presented at the workshop

nr.	WP	Title	Authors
P1	4	CONffIDENCE WP4: Rapid and cost-efficient tests for biotoxins in the food chain	van Egmond H., Elliott C. and Visconti A.
P2	4a	Detection of contaminants in cereals by near infrared hyperspectral imaging	Vermeulen P., Fernandez Pierna J.A.F., Dardenne P. and Baeten V.
P3	4c	Multiplex lateral flow immunoassay for fusarium toxins in cereals	Nivarlet N., Lattanzio V., Huet A-C., Visconti A., Lippolis V., Della Gatta S., Delahaut P. and Granier B.

CONffIDENCE Demonstrations presented at the workshop

nr.	WP	Demonstration title	Demonstration type	Presenter
D1	4a	NIR camera for ergot contamination	Slide show and video	Philippe Vermeulen (CRA-W)
D2	4c	Demonstration of dipsticks for mycotoxins	Hands on demonstration	Noan Nivarlet (UNISENSOR)