FDA Allows Iowa to Blend Aflatoxin Corn
Kim Cassel
9/21/2012
Update on use of aflatoxin corn
An important note related to aflatoxin:
This week FDA formally approved a request by the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship to allow blending of corn with more than 20 parts per billion (ppb) of aflatoxin with corn with lower levels or no aflatoxin for animal feeding. Aflatoxin is a fungus that produces a carcinogen that can cause health problems for livestock which eat contaminated corn. Corn containing greater than 500 ppb cannot be blended. This summer?s drought followed by the heavy rains of Hurricane Isaac spawned an aflatoxin explosion in parts of several midwestern states, including reported episodes of contract truckers refusing to move corn that didn?t test aflatoxin-free...
