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AgVetLink: Number 52, October 2005

42nd Congress of European Societies of Toxicology

John Reeve, Principal Adviser (Toxicology), attended this conference that was held in Krakow, Poland. The Congress served to keep NZFSA toxicology up-to-date in its many rapidly developing fields. The Congress covered areas such as:

• developments in carcinogenicity research (including the extrapolation to low doses in carcinogenesis)

• the use of cell nuclear responses to predict the start of potential toxicity

• the effect of genetics in toxicity.

A course on immunology and immunotoxicology was also run.

Useful information was also gained from visiting the industry stands, particularly those of reference book publishing companies. Newly published information on acrylamide in foods, the establishment of thresholds of toxicological concern (similar to ADIs when the toxicology data package is not up to current requirements) and information on whether toxicological threshold levels can be determined for allergenic foods was also brought back for digestion.