| Foreword | The Importance of Mycotoxins in Food Safety | Susumu Kumagai | Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo |  |
| Feature Articles : Mycotoxins and Food Safety | Intoxication Cases Associated with Mycotoxins and History of the Research | Toshitsugu Tanaka a)
Takumi Yoshizawa b) | a) Department of Food Chemistry, Kobe Institute of Health
b) Professor Emeritus, Kagawa University |  |
| Current Progress on the Mechanism and Toxicity of Mycotoxin | Yoshiko Konishi | Division of Microbbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences |  |
| Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Their Control in Foodstuffs | Kosuke Takatori | Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences |  |
| Current Situation of Food Contamination, Regulations and Risk Assessment for Mycotoxins | Takumi Yoshizawa | Professor Emeritus, Kagawa University |  |
| The Current State of Contamination and Regulation of Mycotoxins in Feed | Eiichi Ishikuro a)
Koji Aoyama b) | a) Japan Food Research Laboratories
b) Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Services, Headquarters |  |
| Analytical Method for the Determination of Mycotoxins and Evaluation of the Method | Toshitsugu Tanaka | Department of Food Chemistry, Kobe Institute of Health |  |
| Analysis of Mycotoxins Using Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry LC/MS | Masahiko Takino a)
Naoki Mochizuki b)
Hiroki Tanaka c) | a) Application Center, Yokogawa Analytical Systems, Inc.
b) Safety Evaluation Section, Analytical Technology Laboratory, Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
c) All Nippon Checkers Corporation |  |
| Immunochemical Analysis for Mycotoxins | Masahiro Nakajima | Food Department, Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute |  |
| Control of Mycotoxins and Recent Trends | Yoshiko Konishi | Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences |  |
| Review | Safety of Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose as a Food Additive | Yusuke Suzuki | Qualicaps Co., Ltd. |  |