Table of Contents -- Preface -- Addresses of Contributors -- Overview and Introduction -- 1. The EU MycoGlobe project: Global integration of mycotoxin and toxigenic fungal research for enhanced food safety -- 2. IITA's research-for-development agenda for Africa -- 3. Priorities for mycotoxin research in Africa identified by using the Nominal Group Discussion technique -- Health and Trade Issues -- 4. Mycotoxins: A global problem -- 5. Modulation of the human immune system by aflatoxin -- 6. Aflatoxin exposure and impaired child growth in West Africa: An unexplored international public health burden? -- 7. Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 8. EU legislation on mycotoxins in food and feed: Overview of the decision-making process and recent and future developments -- Mycotoxin Contamination and Toxigenic Fungi in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin -- 9. Mycotoxin contamination in foods in West and Central Africa -- 10. Mycotoxin contamination in food systems in Eastern and Southern Africa -- 11. The 2004 and 2005 aflatoxin tragedies in Kenya - A case study -- 12. Mycotoxin problems in nuts and dried fruits from the Mediterranean basin -- 13. Between emerging and historical problems: An overview of the main toxigenic fungi and mycotoxin concerns in Europe -- 14. The impact of mycotoxins in animal feeds -- Mycotoxin Detection Methods -- 15. Overview of detection methods for mycotoxins -- 16. Mycotoxin concentration data quality: The role of sampling -- 17. Development of quantitative detection methods for Fusarium in cereals and their application -- Mycotoxin Management -- 18. Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts -- 19. Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: An African perspective.

20. Management of ochratoxin A in the cocoa supply chain: A summary of work by the CAOBISCO/ECA/FCC working group on ochratoxin A -- 21. Prevention of ochratoxin A in grapes and wine -- 22. Molecular approaches to development of resistance to preharvest aflatoxin contamination -- 23. Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA -- 24. Etiology and management of aflatoxin contamination -- 25. NovaSil™ clay for the management of dietary aflatoxins in human populations -- 26. Food processing to reduce mycotoxins in Africa -- 27. Indoor airborne exposure to molds and mycotoxins -- Institutional Issues in Mycotoxin Management -- 28. Are Ghanaians aware of the aflatoxin menace? -- 29. Institutional aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary issues in ECOWAS trade -- 30. Institutional stakeholders in mycotoxin issues - Past, present and future -- 31. Institutionalizing mycotoxin testing in Africa -- 32. Prevention strategies for trichothecenes and ochratoxin in cereals -- International Programs on Mycotoxins -- 33. FAO program on mycotoxin management -- 34. Mycotoxin research in USAID's CRSP programs -- 35. CGIAR research-for-development program on mycotoxins -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.