dsm-firmenich World Mycotoxin Survey Report

Regional contamination by commodities

With our World Mycotoxin Survey results on the current levels of mycotoxin contamination in different commodities and regions of the world, we want to inform and support feed and animal producers to get a better picture of the mycotoxin risk in their region or in imported feed ingredients.

Find results of the prevalence and contamination levels of the six well known mycotoxins in the different regions and subregions of the world. Results are displayed for the important feed ingredients corn (kernels), corn silage (on dry matter basis), soybean and wheat grains.

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Until December, 23,808 samples were collected and analyzed from 95 countries around the world, and the report is now available for you to download.

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World Mycotoxin Survey
(January - December 2023)

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Corn (Kernels)
Corn Silage
Soybean
Wheat Grains

Asia (whole region)

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	551	743	743	474	739	474
% Contaminated samples	40%	41%	63%	20%	88%	28%
Average of positives (ppb)	55	135	711	20	3798	7
Median of positives (ppb)	22	49	480	17	1800	3
Maximum (ppb)	1392	2803	9037	61	142773	100

China/Taiwan

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in China/Taiwan from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	380	572	572	303	568	303
% Contaminated samples	27%	45%	73%	15%	89%	36%
Average of positives (ppb)	47	142	760	14	3885	3
Median of positives (ppb)	22	53	529	13	2045	3
Maximum (ppb)	530	2803	9037	28	42220	10

South Asia

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in South Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	102	102	102	102	102	102
% Contaminated samples	68%	13%	19%	51%	75%	19%
Average of positives (ppb)	43	85	474	25	2730	17
Median of positives (ppb)	30	31	320	22	1530	3
Maximum (ppb)	171	643	3070	61	17420	94

Southeast Asia

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Southeast Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	60	60	60	60	60	60
% Contaminated samples	75%	35%	45%	0%	100%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	95	101	156		4850	66
Median of positives (ppb)	18	32	85		1203	96
Maximum (ppb)	1392	1275	1107		142773	100

Americas (whole region)

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Americas (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	3402	3278	2325	2207	2858	1620
% Contaminated samples	17%	36%	42%	10%	66%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	30	112	895	41	2466	5
Median of positives (ppb)	2	46	485	34	1229	3
Maximum (ppb)	9846	4310	11300	254	83175	19

North America

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in North America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	479	481	481	477	481	475
% Contaminated samples	9%	51%	68%	6%	76%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	40	218	1371	23	4205	3
Median of positives (ppb)	9	66	555	11	1383	3
Maximum (ppb)	327	4310	11300	100	83175	3

Central America

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Central America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	275	274	274	274	274	274
% Contaminated samples	17%	45%	70%	3%	95%	1%
Average of positives (ppb)	84	111	671	27	2553	2
Median of positives (ppb)	3	55	515	9	1780	2
Maximum (ppb)	9846	2557	4802	103	16019	3

South America

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in South America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	2648	2523	1570	1456	2103	871
% Contaminated samples	19%	33%	29%	13%	60%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	10	81	646	44	1945	9
Median of positives (ppb)	2	43	422	36	1070	3
Maximum (ppb)	1766	2612	5200	254	24730	19

Middle East & North Africa

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Middle East & North Africa from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	38	21	21	21	58	21
% Contaminated samples	18%	24%	71%	14%	95%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	44	84	546	42	2507	10
Median of positives (ppb)	24	81	87	23	1035	10
Maximum (ppb)	142	193	3177	86	48778	10

Africa (whole region)

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Africa (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	363	322	322	322	362	322
% Contaminated samples	10%	48%	90%	1%	63%	1%
Average of positives (ppb)	210	70	683	19	920	498
Median of positives (ppb)	30	14	335	20	257	12
Maximum (ppb)	2899	2156	14611	27	12772	1963

Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. South Africa)

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Subsaharan-Africa (excl. South Africa) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	126	85	85	85	125	85
% Contaminated samples	27%	60%	87%	0%	79%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	222	110	658		1702	498
Median of positives (ppb)	33	19	175		1159	12
Maximum (ppb)	2899	2156	5442		12772	1963

South Africa

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in South Africa from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	237	237	237	237	237	237
% Contaminated samples	1%	44%	91%	1%	55%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	50	692	19	325
Median of positives (ppb)	1	13	368	20	88
Maximum (ppb)	1	937	14611	27	3471

Europe (whole region)

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	926	1073	1093	679	882	649
% Contaminated samples	22%	66%	77%	47%	77%	7%
Average of positives (ppb)	17	112	882	75	1266	37
Median of positives (ppb)	4	34	478	26	344	8
Maximum (ppb)	1362	3937	20440	2534	37540	386

Central Europe

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Central Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	300	439	453	177	311	149
% Contaminated samples	10%	72%	89%	43%	75%	11%
Average of positives (ppb)	60	126	1041	55	546	42
Median of positives (ppb)	6	53	627	26	162	8
Maximum (ppb)	1362	3079	20440	343	10715	294

Northern Europe

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Northern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	38	45	45	43	40	38
% Contaminated samples	3%	67%	73%	33%	35%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	156	1015	42	549
Median of positives (ppb)	1	55	739	25	134
Maximum (ppb)	1	1077	6524	162	3646

Eastern Europe

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Eastern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	265	269	269	258	269	258
% Contaminated samples	2%	64%	69%	62%	74%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	31	137	965	91	735	52
Median of positives (ppb)	4	30	536	32	236	7
Maximum (ppb)	112	3937	10303	2534	9080	386

Southern Europe

Summary for Corn (Kernels) in Southern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	323	320	326	201	262	204
% Contaminated samples	50%	59%	67%	33%	90%	8%
Average of positives (ppb)	9	57	500	67	2476	21
Median of positives (ppb)	4	18	241	18	1023	16
Maximum (ppb)	124	582	8431	723	37540	96

Asia (whole region)

Summary for Corn Silage in Asia (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	95	95	95	95	95	95
% Contaminated samples	9%	43%	39%	15%	86%	6%
Average of positives (ppb)	18	313	1313	69	924	4
Median of positives (ppb)	13	94	372	52	195	3
Maximum (ppb)	55	2537	12059	274	26143	8

China/Taiwan

Summary for Corn Silage in China/Taiwan from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	11	11	11	11	11	11
% Contaminated samples	0%	64%	91%	0%	100%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)		695	1143		761
Median of positives (ppb)		98	455		315
Maximum (ppb)		2537	4206		2885

East Asia

Summary for Corn Silage in East Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	20	20	20	20	20	20
% Contaminated samples	5%	45%	70%	30%	65%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	96	112	17	1144
Median of positives (ppb)	1	42	41	18	76
Maximum (ppb)	1	298	575	23	8714

South Asia

Summary for Corn Silage in South Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	33	33	33	33	33	33
% Contaminated samples	21%	9%	3%	9%	88%	18%
Average of positives (ppb)	22	21	223	15	189	4
Median of positives (ppb)	17	23	223	14	90	3
Maximum (ppb)	55	31	223	19	1845	8

Oceania

Summary for Corn Silage in Oceania from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	29	29	29	29	29	29
% Contaminated samples	3%	69%	38%	17%	93%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	82	969	38	132
Median of positives (ppb)	2	30	560	17	66
Maximum (ppb)	2	348	4020	91	761

Americas (whole region)

Summary for Corn Silage in Americas (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	435	437	380	357	381	348
% Contaminated samples	9%	63%	76%	1%	23%	3%
Average of positives (ppb)	16	444	2028	284	896	8
Median of positives (ppb)	13	201	1238	284	431	5
Maximum (ppb)	78	10440	27700	354	11918	34

North America

Summary for Corn Silage in North America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	285	285	285	285	285	285
% Contaminated samples	3%	60%	89%	0%	19%	3%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	456	2123		910	8
Median of positives (ppb)	2	204	1260		392	5
Maximum (ppb)	5	10440	27700		11918	34

Central America

Summary for Corn Silage in Central America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	19	19	19	19	19	19
% Contaminated samples	11%	63%	47%	0%	32%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	129	1341		817
Median of positives (ppb)	2	36	1134		573
Maximum (ppb)	2	530	3946		1480

South America

Summary for Corn Silage in South America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	131	133	76	53	77	44
% Contaminated samples	23%	70%	33%	2%	35%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	22	462	1324	354	887
Median of positives (ppb)	21	207	722	354	494
Maximum (ppb)	78	2517	6000	354	9420

Africa (whole region)

Summary for Corn Silage in Africa (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	40	40	40	40	40	40
% Contaminated samples	0%	73%	83%	0%	30%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)		196	1698		172
Median of positives (ppb)		56	786		104
Maximum (ppb)		1905	7679		753

South Africa

Summary for Corn Silage in South Africa from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	37	37	37	37	37	37
% Contaminated samples	0%	73%	84%	0%	30%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)		194	1776		119
Median of positives (ppb)		56	791		91
Maximum (ppb)		1905	7679		261

Europe (whole region)

Summary for Corn Silage in Europe (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	792	1191	1195	766	779	767
% Contaminated samples	4%	70%	79%	6%	46%	2%
Average of positives (ppb)	9	200	968	67	598	5
Median of positives (ppb)	5	63	568	26	118	3
Maximum (ppb)	57	13187	25275	955	15962	14

Central Europe

Summary for Corn Silage in Central Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	440	845	850	431	439	431
% Contaminated samples	2%	72%	88%	4%	51%	1%
Average of positives (ppb)	7	184	966	51	199	3
Median of positives (ppb)	3	76	579	20	67	3
Maximum (ppb)	28	4266	10375	476	3406	4

Northern Europe

Summary for Corn Silage in Northern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	154	155	155	155	154	154
% Contaminated samples	1%	80%	79%	1%	7%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	250	1081	29	17
Median of positives (ppb)	1	35	627	29	14
Maximum (ppb)	1	5574	7890	32	35

Eastern Europe

Summary for Corn Silage in Eastern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	83	83	83	83	83	83
% Contaminated samples	1%	54%	46%	18%	47%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	13	57	524	110	627	8
Median of positives (ppb)	13	31	450	28	343	8
Maximum (ppb)	13	381	1488	955	3336	10

Southern Europe

Summary for Corn Silage in Southern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	115	108	107	97	103	99
% Contaminated samples	19%	52%	40%	7%	86%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	10	389	1064	28	1656	4
Median of positives (ppb)	7	26	274	27	453	2
Maximum (ppb)	57	13187	25275	49	15962	14

Asia (whole region)

Summary for Soybean in Asia (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	109	108	109	97	97	97
% Contaminated samples	29%	67%	16%	51%	40%	56%
Average of positives (ppb)	6	39	233	30	65	24
Median of positives (ppb)	3	35	59	30	39	15
Maximum (ppb)	49	245	830	55	400	87

China/Taiwan

Summary for Soybean in China/Taiwan from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	23	22	23	11	11	11
% Contaminated samples	35%	64%	17%	9%	91%	9%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	39	210	11	50	10
Median of positives (ppb)	2	44	218	11	37	10
Maximum (ppb)	4	51	344	11	90	10

South Asia

Summary for Soybean in South Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	53	53	53	53	53	53
% Contaminated samples	30%	92%	11%	91%	8%	96%
Average of positives (ppb)	10	45	486	30	255	25
Median of positives (ppb)	5	37	630	30	300	15
Maximum (ppb)	49	245	830	55	400	87

Southeast Asia

Summary for Soybean in Southeast Asia from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	24	24	24	24	24	24
% Contaminated samples	29%	25%	21%	0%	75%	4%
Average of positives (ppb)	3	10	31		38	2
Median of positives (ppb)	1	10	28		33	2
Maximum (ppb)	14	16	50		117	2

Americas (whole region)

Summary for Soybean in Americas (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	1868	1915	1009	1444	996	995
% Contaminated samples	37%	58%	9%	27%	12%	2%
Average of positives (ppb)	3	67	350	42	943	3
Median of positives (ppb)	2	43	260	33	523	3
Maximum (ppb)	26	565	2740	178	4672	5

North America

Summary for Soybean in North America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	40	40	40	40	40	40
% Contaminated samples	8%	40%	15%	5%	33%	13%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	17	382	8	60	3
Median of positives (ppb)	1	15	68	8	28	3
Maximum (ppb)	1	38	1790	11	205	5

Central America

Summary for Soybean in Central America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	168	168	168	168	168	168
% Contaminated samples	5%	20%	8%	0%	6%	7%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	9	214		1558	2
Median of positives (ppb)	1	2	173		1280	2
Maximum (ppb)	1	85	655		4672	4

South America

Summary for Soybean in South America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	1660	1707	801	1236	788	787
% Contaminated samples	41%	62%	9%	31%	12%	1%
Average of positives (ppb)	3	70	375	42	1001	4
Median of positives (ppb)	2	44	290	33	645	3
Maximum (ppb)	26	565	2740	178	3760	4

Africa (whole region)

Summary for Soybean in Africa (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	96	96	96	96	96	96
% Contaminated samples	20%	7%	10%	0%	4%	3%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	20	312		421	4
Median of positives (ppb)	1	6	94		31	5
Maximum (ppb)	6	83	2030		1613	5

Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. South Africa)

Summary for Soybean in Sub-Saharan Africa (excl. South Africa) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	50	50	50	50	50	50
% Contaminated samples	36%	12%	14%	0%	6%	6%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	9	91		545	4
Median of positives (ppb)	2	5	90		12	5
Maximum (ppb)	6	24	126		1613	5

South Africa

Summary for Soybean in South Africa from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	46	46	46	46	46	46
% Contaminated samples	2%	2%	7%	0%	2%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	83	829		50
Median of positives (ppb)	1	83	432		50
Maximum (ppb)	1	83	2030		50

Europe (whole region)

Summary for Soybean in Europe (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	185	206	207	185	185	184
% Contaminated samples	6%	54%	17%	26%	11%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	8	28	119	37	36	4
Median of positives (ppb)	3	9	67	10	21	2
Maximum (ppb)	68	281	370	659	119	12

Central Europe

Summary for Soybean in Central Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	76	88	88	77	78	77
% Contaminated samples	5%	64%	25%	22%	10%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	38	126	36	51	3
Median of positives (ppb)	1	19	61	16	26	3
Maximum (ppb)	3	281	329	298	119	5

Northern Europe

Summary for Soybean in Northern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	10	11	11	11	10	10
% Contaminated samples	0%	27%	9%	9%	10%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)		4	315	2	13
Median of positives (ppb)		4	315	2	13
Maximum (ppb)		5	315	2	13

Eastern Europe

Summary for Soybean in Eastern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	69	74	74	70	69	69
% Contaminated samples	1%	57%	11%	41%	0%	7%
Average of positives (ppb)	6	8	52	40		4
Median of positives (ppb)	6	3	46	8		2
Maximum (ppb)	6	47	106	659		12

Southern Europe

Summary for Soybean in Southern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	30	33	34	27	28	28
% Contaminated samples	23%	30%	15%	4%	39%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	13	61	155	7	27
Median of positives (ppb)	4	12	114	7	18
Maximum (ppb)	68	199	370	7	74

Asia (whole region)

Summary for Wheat Grains in Asia (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	114	242	245	110	111	110
% Contaminated samples	2%	62%	65%	9%	59%	8%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	48	909	14	63	3
Median of positives (ppb)	2	43	421	12	34	2
Maximum (ppb)	3	276	10556	22	490	9

China/Taiwan

Summary for Wheat Grains in China/Taiwan from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	50	178	181	46	47	46
% Contaminated samples	2%	76%	63%	15%	53%	20%
Average of positives (ppb)	3	51	910	13	110	3
Median of positives (ppb)	3	46	481	12	38	2
Maximum (ppb)	3	276	8301	20	490	9

Oceania

Summary for Wheat Grains in Oceania from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	57	57	57	57	57	57
% Contaminated samples	2%	25%	70%	5%	60%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)	1	18	1007	14	35
Median of positives (ppb)	1	10	197	11	34
Maximum (ppb)	1	76	10556	22	134

Americas (whole region)

Summary for Wheat Grains in Americas (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	93	86	56	82	60	66
% Contaminated samples	28%	43%	29%	28%	20%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	105	1159	47	647	222
Median of positives (ppb)	2	31	305	50	315	12
Maximum (ppb)	7	2080	13210	73	4575	649

North America

Summary for Wheat Grains in North America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	22	22	22	22	22	22
% Contaminated samples	0%	9%	23%	0%	5%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)		1042	2821		4575	12
Median of positives (ppb)		1042	213		4575	12
Maximum (ppb)		2080	13210		4575	12

South America

Summary for Wheat Grains in South America from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	64	57	27	53	31	37
% Contaminated samples	39%	56%	33%	43%	35%	5%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	54	442	47	289	326
Median of positives (ppb)	2	40	386	50	290	326
Maximum (ppb)	7	135	1102	73	820	649

Africa (whole region)

Summary for Wheat Grains in Africa (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	10	10	10	10	10	10
% Contaminated samples	0%	60%	100%	0%	30%	0%
Average of positives (ppb)		32	861		126
Median of positives (ppb)		29	483		135
Maximum (ppb)		65	2898		213

Europe (whole region)

Summary for Wheat Grains in Europe (whole region) from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	637	1338	1369	872	636	615
% Contaminated samples	5%	24%	41%	19%	9%	4%
Average of positives (ppb)	5	50	297	18	199	21
Median of positives (ppb)	4	12	77	12	42	6
Maximum (ppb)	23	5474	8459	150	1272	162

Central Europe

Summary for Wheat Grains in Central Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	229	767	794	331	229	224
% Contaminated samples	0%	18%	34%	18%	10%	1%
Average of positives (ppb)	2	41	339	19	407	3
Median of positives (ppb)	2	14	78	15	323	3
Maximum (ppb)	2	911	8459	65	1272	5

Northern Europe

Summary for Wheat Grains in Northern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	100	224	224	224	100	100
% Contaminated samples	0%	39%	60%	15%	2%	7%
Average of positives (ppb)		94	279	17	26	36
Median of positives (ppb)		17	75	15	26	16
Maximum (ppb)		5474	4302	38	48	162

Eastern Europe

Summary for Wheat Grains in Eastern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	234	250	250	235	234	234
% Contaminated samples	0%	14%	41%	20%	3%	4%
Average of positives (ppb)		17	112	17	14	21
Median of positives (ppb)		5	39	9	11	5
Maximum (ppb)		307	903	150	35	120

Southern Europe

Summary for Wheat Grains in Southern Europe from Jan 2023 to Dec 2023
	Afla	ZEN	DON	T2	FUM	OTA
Number of samples	74	97	101	82	73	67
% Contaminated samples	46%	58%	52%	29%	30%	4%
Average of positives (ppb)	5	22	488	19	55	3
Median of positives (ppb)	4	10	332	13	17	3
Maximum (ppb)	23	289	2785	70	560	3

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