{"id":340574,"date":"2024-07-24T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T11:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/food.r-biopharm.com\/?post_type=highlights&p=340574"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T07:52:18","slug":"high-risk-for-mycotoxins-this-year","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/food.r-biopharm.com\/it\/highlights\/high-risk-for-mycotoxins-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"High risk for mycotoxins this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mycotoxin Management in the 2024 Harvest Year: A Challenge for Mycotoxin Analysis?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 harvest year is a challenge in several aspects. Persistent rain in May and June and mild temperatures have greatly increased the risk of Fusarium infections in wheat and, to a lesser extent, in barley and rye. In winter wheat, the weather conditions during flowering were rainy and variable, therefore favorable for Fusarium graminearum infections. May was generally significantly wetter than average in much of Western Europe<\/a>, Italy, and Denmark, quite different from last year, yet also warmer than average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also reports of a high risk of Fusarium mycotoxins from neighboring countries, such as France, where torrential rain has flooded the fields. End of May the risk of Fusarium infections was considered as \u201cexceptionally high\u201d<\/a>. The Swiss industry organization “Swiss Granum”<\/a> therefore rates the DON contamination risk for winter wheat as “medium” to “high”, certainly for late-flowering winter wheat crops.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New EU regulations for DON<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From July, 1 the European Commission Regulation (EU) 2024\/1022 <\/a>is effective, meaning that all unprocessed cereals (with a few exceptions) placed on the market from now on have a maximum level of 1.000 \u00b5g\/kg of DON. The reason is, to better protect the consumers since the total exposure to all DON metabolites and toxic effects are not clear, yet. According to the EU Commission, this level is achievable with good agricultural practices and will ensure a high level of consumer health protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, looking back at the weather the past months in large parts of Western Europe, like Germany, France, Italy, the Benelux or Denmark it has been a wet late spring and early summer, with temperatures slightly above the average: Perfect weather for the development of Fusarium strains, capable of producing DON and other trichothecenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This harvest year will be therefore challenging, with both probably a high occurrence and lower limits for DON. Have a look at our website to see what options we can offer you to manage this challenges: From rapid tests, smartphone-based measurements, clean-up columns to quality control tools \u2013 we got you covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can help you with your mycotoxin analysis!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We are ready to support you with our products and services to ensure that you are prepared for this year’s challenges regarding mycotoxin risks. The improved mycotoxin rapid test RIDA\u00aeQUICK DON RQS ECO offers you::<\/p>\n\n\n\n