10th International IUPAC Symposium on Mycotoxins
and Phycotoxins (10th ISMP)
21-25 May 2000, Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
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This series of conferences was initiated by the IUPAC Commission
on Food (VI.5), and the first symposium was held in Kungälv,
Sweden in 1973. Some eight symposia have taken place in subsequent
years in venues as diverse as Pretoria, Tokyo, Mexico, and Rome.
The meetings have developed a considerable reputation for the high
quality of interdisciplinary scientific contributions, and they
have become the principal international meetings on mycotoxins and
phycotoxins. This tenth meeting in the series, which further enhanced
this reputation, was held 2125 May 2000 at the seaside resort
of Guarujá near São Paulo, Brazil. The symposium was
organized by the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (with the National Organizing
Committee chaired by Dr. Myrna Sabino) and attracted some 306 participants
from 57 countries.
The program was organized on the basis of a plenary session on
mycotoxins and phycotoxins on the first day, followed by parallel
sessions on subsequent days. In total, there were 61 oral contributions
and 212 posters, with an accompanying small scientific manufacturers
exhibition. The truly interdisciplinary nature of the symposium
can be seen from the program, which covered global significance
of mycotoxins and phycotoxins, analytical developments, quality
assurance, proficiency testing, methods validation, sampling, risk
assessment, occurrence and human exposure, toxicology, and mode
of action. A significant proportion of the participants were from
developing countries, and a roundtable on "Analytical methods
for developing countries" and a session on "Research on
mycotoxins in developing countries" were aimed at meeting their
needs. In addition, an FAO-sponsored Analytical Quality Assurance
Workshop for mycotoxins for Latin American participants preceded
the symposium. The symposium program also included a roundtable
on "Nomenclature for phycotoxins", where the issue of
novel phycotoxinscurrently being identified with increasing
frequency, yet being trivially and nonsystematically namedwas
recognized as a source of confusion and an area in which IUPAC should
take a lead. It was, therefore, proposed that an Interdivisional
Working Group on Nomenclature for Phycotoxins be established.
A special committee selected the best oral presentation given at
the symposium, awarding the "ILSI Brazil Award"consisting
of a certificate and USD 1 000to Dr. V. Sewram from PROMEC,
South Africa for his paper on "Hair: A noninvasive matrix for
assessing chronic exposure to fumonisin mycotoxins". The best
poster presented at the symposium was recognized by the "BRASEQ
Award", consisting of a certificate and USD 500, which went
to Dr. L. P. Keong of DSO National Laboratories, Singapore for a
poster on "The determination of domoic acid in aqueous samples
using a solid-phase microextraction technique coupled to liquid
chromatography". Proceedings of the symposium, comprising the
oral contributions, will be edited by Willem de Koe; copies can
be ordered from [email protected]
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The Commission on Food (VI.5) will be disbanded by the time of
the next symposium, owing to the upcoming restructuring of IUPAC.
In order, therefore, to ensure continuance of this important series
of meetings, it was proposed that future meetings be cosponsored
by AOAC International and that the 11th Symposium be
held at the University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland, USA)
in 2003 or 2004.
Prof. John Gilbert
Chairman, IUPAC Commission on Food (VI.5)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
Central Science Laboratory
Sand Hutton, York, England, UK
> Published in Chem.
Int. 22(5), 2000