Wheat: Mycotoxins in Raw materials

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WHEAT

Raw materials

Definition Growth and development of wheat require specific climatic conditions such as: Wheat is the name given to the plant

temperatures oscillating between 3ºC and

belonging to the family of the grassthat

33°C, being the temperatures between 10°C

has terminal spikes made of three or more

and 25°C the most favorable; humidity

grain rows, from which, flour is obtained by

between 40 and 70%; wheat requires low

crushing.

water, ranging from 400 to 500 mm per cycle; loose, deep, fertile and free of floods soils is the most favorable soil for wheat growth.

AUTHORIZED AND RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF MYCOTOXINS

LEGAL RESTRICTIONS

MYCOTOXINS FOUND MAINLY IN WHEAT

Exclusively for AFB1, with a maximum of 20 ppb in any raw material for animal feed.

Aflatoxins Ochratoxins Type B Trichothecenes Zearalenone


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