Technical actions
Mycotoxins in cereals

Risk management differs according to whether we are working with field mycotoxins (mycotoxins produced by fungi developing during cultivation and associated with high humidity or Aw) or storage mycotoxins (mycotoxins produced by fungi developing at lower humidity or Aw).

Management mainly concerns regulated mycotoxins, or those in the process of being regulated. For field mycotoxins, management focuses on toxins produced by fungi of the Fusarium genus, otherwise known as "fusariotoxins". These include deoxynivalenol on wheat and maize, zearalenone and fumonisins on maize, and T-2 and HT-2 toxins on barley. In terms of storage mycotoxins, management is focusing on ochratoxin A produced by Penicillium verrucosum.