MYCOTOXINS - ACCEPTABLE AFLATOXIN & FUMONISIN LEVELS FOR FEED
FDA guidelines for acceptable aflatoxin level in corn
|
Animal |
Feed |
Aflatoxin level |
|
Finishing beef cattle |
Corn and peanut product |
300 ppb |
|
Beef cattle, swine or poultry |
Cottonseed meal |
300 ppb |
|
Finishing swine of 100 lbs. or greater |
Corn and peanut products |
200 ppb |
|
Breeding beef cattle, breeding swine, or mature poultry |
Corn and peanut products |
100 ppb |
|
Immature animals |
Animal feeds and ingredients, excluding cottonseed meal |
20 ppb |
|
Dairy animals, for animal species or uses not specified above, or when the intended use is not known |
Animal feeds and ingredients |
20 ppb |
Guidance levels for Fumonisins in Animal Feed
|
Animal or Class |
Levels in Corn & Corn By-products |
Feed Factor (Fraction of corn or corn by-product mixed into the total ration) |
Levels in Finished Feeds |
|
Horse (includes asses, zebras and onagers) |
5 |
0.2 |
1 |
|
Rabbit |
5 |
0.2 |
1 |
|
Catfish |
20 |
0.5 |
10 |
|
Swine |
20 |
0.5 |
10 |
|
Ruminant, Poultry & Mink Breeding Stock (includes laying hens, roosters, lactating dairy cows and bulls) |
30 |
0.5 |
15 |
|
Ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants that are >3 months old and fed for slaughter |
60 |
0.5 |
30 |
|
Mink (fed for pelt production) |
60 |
0.5 |
30 |
|
Poultry (turkeys, checkens, ducklings and other poultry fed for slaughter) |
100 |
0.5 |
50 |
|
All others (includes dogs and cats) |
10 |
0.5 |
5 |
For more information see www.fda.gov .