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Test Description

This test material is an animal feed which is cereal based and is provided in a finely milled form for the analysis of DON, ZON, T-2 and HT-2.  

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi on agricultural commodities in the field or during storage.  It is estimated at 25% of the world's food crops are affected, resulting in large commercial losses. Mycotoxins can cause serious health problems (including some being suspected carcinogens) and so are tightly regulated across the world. Mycotoxin contamination is the largest cause of rapid alerts raised against imported food products.  Fapas has introduced multi-mycotoxin proficiency tests as well as those for emerging mycotoxins.

Mycotoxin analytes require effective testing measures due to their toxicity. Within animal feed this is increasingly important due to the sometimes poor storage practices used across many farms. To achieve the effective and accurate testing required proficiency testing measures should be utilised as part of a well-designed quality assurance programme.

Proficiency tests from Fapas utilise real food matrices to give as close to real life test results. This allows your proficiency test results to be immediately comparable to your routine analysis activities. Passing improvements on to your customers is extremely important to satisfy regulators of your effective testing capability, as well as crucial to maintaining market position within an ever increasingly competitive food testing industry.

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