Thursday, October 29, 2015 - The Monday Mycotoxin Report from Neogen on October 5 reported that the mycotoxins Aflatoxin, fumonisin and deoxynivalenol (DON) have been confirmed in several states:
Aflatoxin (more than 20 ppb is too high for food and pet food):
- Georgia (more than 100 ppb)
- Texas (more than 40 ppb)
- North Carolina (more than 100 ppb)
- South Carolina (more than 20 ppb)
- Virginia (more than 100 ppb)
- Kansas (more than 40 ppb)
Fumonisin (FDA exposure guidelines recommend total dietary concentrations (ppm) as follows: horse <1, swine <10, ruminants <30, poultry <50, breeding ruminants and poultry
- Texas (more than 6 ppm)
- North Carolina (more than 7 ppm)
- California (more than 10 ppm)
Deoxynivalenol (DON) (more than 1 ppm is too high for food and pet food, more than 5 ppm is too high for swine):
- Missouri (up to 2 ppm)
- Illinois (up to 1 ppm)
- Iowa (more than 1 ppm)
There also are confirmed reports of DON in barley in Virginia, Maryland, North Dakota and Minnesota. All major classes of wheat in the U.S. are affected by DON.
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