National Research Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, (CNR-ISPA), via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON KS5B6, Canada.
Toxins (Basel). 2018 Apr 4;10(4):149. doi: 10.3390/toxins10040149.
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.
真菌毒素是影响全球食品安全的主要食物污染物，尤其在低收入和中等收入国家更为严重。欧盟资助的项目“MycoKey”专注于“食品和饲料链中真菌毒素管理的综合和创新关键行动”，以及通过真菌毒素管理策略和法规保障食品安全的权利，这对于最大限度地减少全球范围内获得安全充足食物的不平等至关重要。作为“ MycoKey”项目的一部分，发布了《真菌毒素宪章》（charter.mycokey.eu），旨在分享全球真菌毒素立法和政策协调统一的必要性，并在全球范围内将人类和动物的暴露风险降至最低，特别关注缺乏有效立法的欠发达国家。这一文件是对过去十年中欧洲框架项目（MycoGlobe 和 MycoRed）提出的控制和减少全球真菌毒素污染需求的回应。邀请食品供应链的所有供应商、参与者和受益者，例如农民、消费者、利益攸关方、研究人员、民间社会和政府成员等，签署这一宪章并支持这一倡议。
