CORN
Raw Materials
Definition Corn (or maize) is an annual grass first domesticated by indigenous people in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago and was introduced in Europe in the seventeenth century. Corn is a summer crop
MYCOTOXINS FOUND MAINLY IN CORN
planted in both hemispheres. The cultivation of corn was the cause and the consequence of the industrial
Corn requires a temperature
revolution in agriculture. Corn
of 25 to 30ยบC. It also requires
increased the capacity of the cultivated
a lot of sunlight and in humid
Aflatoxins
area and enabled animal farming.
climates its performance is lower.
Ochratoxins
Animals were fed with feed containing corn, while producing the manure needed to fertilize crops.
Citrinina For corn seeds to germinate, the temperature should be
Fumonisins
between 15 to 20ยบC
Deoxynivelinol
Currently, it is the cereal with
It can bear minimum
Zearalenone
the highest volume of production
temperatures of up to 8ยบC
worldwide, surpassing even wheat and
and with temperatures
rice.
from 30ยบC serious problems can occur due to its poor absorption of mineral nutrients and water
AUTHORIZED AND RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF MYCOTOXINS
Temperatures of 20 to 32ยบC are required for corn fructification
LEGAL LIMITS Legal restrictions. Exclusively for AFB1, with a maximum of 20 ppb in any raw material for animal feed.