Table 1.

Incidence and levels of contamination with T-2 and HT-2 toxins (as sum) in barley grain samples from Italy in the growing seasons 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Growing Season	Number of Analyzed Samples	Positive Samples a
		%	Mean (µg/kg)	Median (µg/kg)	Range (µg/kg)	% Positives > 200 µg/kg b
2011	72	28	69	54	30–467	2.7
2012	303	22	72	34	26–518	2
2013	158	23	264	212	26–787	11.4
2014	158	53	106	27	26–724	19.6

^a All samples with value > Limit of Quantification (LOQ) were considered to be positive (LOQ = 25 μg/kg for T-2 + HT-2); ^b EU indicative levels for barley (European Commission 2013).