Mycotoxins can contaminate a wide variety of foods and are a result of fungal infections in crop plants and plant products during growth or storage. Although more than 300 mycotoxins have been identified, producing a wide range of acute and chronic toxic effects, relatively few are considered to be significant as contaminants. The latter group includes aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone. Aflatoxin B1, the most toxic mycotoxin, is a carcinogen.
AgriGen Biotech has a range of test options and information resources to assist businesses throughout the food chain in assessing the contamination risk as part of internal audit programmes or for routine regulatory monitoring.
The aflatoxins we are able to detect, the Limit of detection (LOD) of the corresponding method and examples of common sample types are as follows:
- Aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) - LOD 0.5 ppb
- corn, corn-meal
- cotton seed
- dairy foods
- peanuts, peanut butter
- rice
- wheat
- Fumonisins - LOD 50 ppm
- Ochratoxin A - LOD 1 ppb
- barley
- corn
- dried fruits
- wine
- Trichothecenes - DON: LOD = 0.1 ppb; T-2 toxin: LOD 7.5ppb
- Zearalenone - LOD 50 ppb
Additional Information:
Sample Submission Form
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Fact Sheet
Mycotoxins Detected:
Aflatoxin
Fumonisin
Ochratoxin
Trichothecenes
Zearalenone
Limit of Reporting:
Varies according to test used
Sample Size Required:
200 g
Turn-around Time:
3 working days (Standard) or 24 hours (Express)
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