Abstract
Mycotoxins are major food contaminants affecting global food security, especially in low
and middle-income countries. The European Union (EU) funded project, MycoKey, focuses on
“Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chains”
and the right to safe food through mycotoxin management strategies and regulation, which are
fundamental to minimizing the unequal access to safe and sufficient food worldwide. As part
of the MycoKey project, a Mycotoxin Charter (charter.mycokey.eu) was launched to share the
need for global harmonization of mycotoxin legislation and policies and to minimize human and
animal exposure worldwide, with particular attention to less developed countries that lack effective
legislation. This document is in response to a demand that has built through previous European
Framework Projects—MycoGlobe and MycoRed—in the previous decade to control and reduce
mycotoxin contamination worldwide. All suppliers, participants and beneficiaries of the food supply
chain, for example, farmers, consumers, stakeholders, researchers, members of civil society and
government and so forth, are invited to sign this charter and to support this initiative.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | N/A-N/A |
Numero di pagine | 17 |
Rivista | Toxins |
Volume | 10 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2018 |
Keywords
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- consumers
- education and outreach
- food production
- food safety
- food security
- health risks
- trade