Quality Assurance in Agricultural Produce
Quality Assurance in Agricultural Produce

Author: Greg I. Johnson

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 742

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These proceedings contains the 125 papers presented at the 19th ASEAN/1st APEC Seminar on Postharvest Technology held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 9-12 November 1999. The purpose of postharvest handling is timely delivery of a product that closely matches buyer specifications and meets regulatory requirements. Satisfying customers underpins quality assurance and other quality systems that aim to provide product of the desired standard. The theme of the seminar-Quality Assurance in Agricultural Produce-acknowledged that this is a time in which trade in agricultural produce is playing a vital role in stimulating the economies of the region.

Mycotoxin Contamination in Grains
Mycotoxin Contamination in Grains

Author: E. Highley

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 154

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Current Knowledge of fungi and mycotoxins associated with food commodities in southeast Asia; Controlling aflatoxin contamination in maize stored under tropical conditions; Occurrence and significance of storage fungi and associated mycotoxins in rice and cereal grains; Effect of drying control on mycotoxin production; The aflatoxicosis problem and management of aflatoxin in feed in Vietnam; Surveys on postharvest handling, aspergillus flavus infection, and aflatoxin contamination of maize collected from farmers and traders; Relationship between soil populations of aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination under field conditions in the Philippines; Inhibition of aflatoxin contamination in rice by cladosporium fulvum; Completed-project economic assessment of two ACIAR projects on fungi and aflatoxins: a discussion of methodology issues and some estimates of potential benefits; Mycotoxin contamination of grains - a review of research in Indonesia; Overview of aflatoxin contamination of selected agricultural commodities in Malaysia; The challenges of mycotoxin research and development work on foods and feedstuffs in the Philippines; Control of aflatoxin contamination in maize in Thailand; Aflatoxin in animal feeds and effects on poultry production in Vietnam.