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Report of the Public Health Committee American Dairy Science Association February 1, 1969

I. In the report of the Public Health Committee for 1969, the individuals of the Committee have summarized current information on a number of public health problems facing the dairy industry. It is gratifying t see that considerable progress has been made in the last few years in many of these areas of concern and that progress has been made bot in the generation of new knowledge and in the application of this acknowledge to reduce the problem. As it has been since the first studies n the microbiology of milk, microbiological problems f public health significance still require consideration. The following four reports summarize the status of some of these microbiological problems:

In 1960, great economic losses caused by the death of turkeys and ducklings which had consumed rations containing moldy peanut meal focused attention on mycotoxins in animal and human foods. Aflatoxins elaborated by certain strains of Aspergillus flavis, Aspergillus parasiticus, and Penicillium puberulum have been the most extensively investigated; however, these constitute only one group of a series of mycotoxins that may occur in hay, grains, and other foods (5).