Indian corn livestock feed needs testing: CFIA
EDMONTON - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is detaining corn shipments from India used for livestock feed to protect animal and human health. The agency says these imports must be tested...
View ArticleCanada detains 'toxic' corn shipments from India
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has decided to detain corn shipments from India after the agency found high levels of aflatoxin, a toxic element linked to various diseases, in the poultry...
View ArticleCanada to test India feed corn imports due to mould concerns
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on Tuesday it has started to...
View ArticleMycotoxin potential in PKE disputed
A confidential 2006 report from AgResearch found that deadly toxins had the capacity to pass into the food chain from cows eating Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE) over extended periods of time. The internal...
View ArticleLax safety enforcement caused Canada beef contamination: report
(Reuters) - The contamination of beef at a Canadian processing plant last year that sickened 18 people was caused by a lax attitude toward food safety by government and plant staff, an independent...
View ArticleU.S. labeling rules cost Canada hog farmers $2 billion: group
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - U.S. country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost Canada's hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine...
View ArticleAflatoxin In Maize—challenges And Efforts To Curb It (Government of the...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Ghana) 24 Dec 2014 Aflatoxin In Maize-challenges And Efforts To Curb It Aflatoxins are toxic metabolites produced by certain fungi in/on foods and feeds. They...
View ArticleCanada salmonella outbreak leaves 34 people sick after poultry contact
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Canadian health authorities are investigating after 34 people became sick with salmonella infections after contact with live baby poultry, the country's Public Health Agency said on...
View ArticleAflatoxin, an invisible food hazard
By Chris KilhamPublished September 17, 2014FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print Feb. 20, 2013: Authorities in Serbia ordered an unspecified number of dairies to withdraw their milk from...
View ArticleGerman authorities find excessive levels of toxin in Serbian corn meant for...
BERLIN - German authorities say they have found excessive levels of aflatoxin B1, a chemical produced by fungus, in a...
View Article>Germany: toxin found in corn for animal feed
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have found excessive levels of aflatoxin B1, a chemical produced by fungus, in...
View ArticleTate & Lyle admits profit will be hit by corn fungus and weaker sales
Shares in Tate & Lyle sank to the bottom of the FTSE 100 index yesterday after the sweeteners group admitted that high world prices for corn – a key raw material for its products – would eat into...
View ArticlePlant pathologist: Several corn ear rots possible this year (Purdue University)
(Source: Purdue University) September 26, 2013 Plant pathologist: Several corn ear rots possible this year WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Corn producers should be scouting fields to get a head start on...
View ArticleHarmful, Deadly Substances Plague 'Deer Corn' Feed
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - The wildlife feed, Deer Corn, has been pulled from Rural King store shelves in seven states because some bags showed contamination from aflatoxins. The product...
View ArticleFortified by Global Warming, Deadly Fungus Poisons Corn Crops, Causes Cancer
Last year’s drought increased the spread of a carcinogenic mold called aspergillus (Aspergillus flavus), a fungal pathogen that poisons cattle, kills pets and has infected the 2012 corn crop, rendering...
View ArticleGermany: Toxin Found in Corn for Animal Feed
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have found excessive levels of aflatoxin B1, a chemical produced by fungus, in a shipment of corn from Serbia destined for livestock feed. The state...
View Article>Delta corn research sparks global collaboration
STONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Stoneville researcher's work to eliminate a particularly pernicious corn pest has attracted international collaboration. Hamed Abbas, a plant pathologist with the U.S....
View ArticleDelta corn research sparks global collaboration
STONEVILLE, Miss. -- A Stoneville researcher's work to eliminate a particularly pernicious corn pest has attracted international collaboration. Hamed Abbas, a plant pathologist with the U.S. Department...
View ArticleBriefing: How to stop a deadly fungus affecting billions
SHARE NAIROBI, 25 November 2013 (IRIN) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that billions of people in the developing world are chronically exposed to aflatoxin, a natural poison on food...
View ArticleCanada eyes animal feed as pig-killing virus spreads
WINNIPEG Manitoba/CHICAGO Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting tests to see if contaminated animal feed helped spread the piglet-killing Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea...
View ArticleNC agriculture commissioner urges tests on corn
RALEIGH, N.C. N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is encouraging farmers to have their corn tested for aflatoxin...
View ArticleGermany tests milk in carcinogen scare
Agriculture ministry says no risk to consumers after animal feed with high levels of aflatoxin B1 delivered to dairy farms ...
View ArticleIowa ends mandatory testing of milk for toxic byproduct aflatoxin
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Iowa has dropped a requirement that all milk received in the state be tested for aflatoxin, the toxic byproduct of a mold that attacks corn during a drought, the state's agriculture...
View ArticleGrain handlers wary of toxin lingering in '12 U.S. corn harvest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Problems with the toxic residue of a mold that attacked the 2012 drought-hit U.S. corn crop may worsen this summer and autumn as Midwest farmers blend off tainted supplies held in...
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