Table 2.
Percentage of samples exceeding lowest and highest maximum levels or guidance values for mycotoxins in feed that are in effect in the European Union.
| Region | Aflatoxin B11 | Fumonisins1 | Zearalenone1 | Deoxynivalenol1 | Ochratoxin A1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Exceeding | % Exceeding | % Exceeding | % Exceeding | % Exceeding | ||||||
| 5 µg/kg | 20 µg/kg | 5000 µg/kg | 60,000 µg/kg | 100 µg/kg | 2000 µg/kg | 900 µg/kg | 8000 µg/kg | 50 µg/kg | 250 µg/kg | |
| Northern Europe | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 21.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Central Europe | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 20.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Southern Europe | 7.4 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Eastern Europe | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| North America | 6.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 16.8 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Central America | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| South America | 6.5 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Middle East/North Africa | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.1 | 38.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| South Africa | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Oceania | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| South Asia | 61.1 | 41.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Southeast Asia | 37.9 | 20.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| East Asia | 10.2 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 20.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
1 Percentage of samples exceeding lowest or highest EU maximum levels or guidance values for mycotoxins in feed (including the lowest maximum level or guidance value stipulated for any commodity or consuming species and higher maximum levels or guidance values stipulated excluding limits for maize by-products and for oat husks). In case of fumonisins, the sum of fumonisins B1, B2, and B3 was compared to the EU guidance values, although the guidance values refer to the sum of fumonisins B1 and B2.