Table 1.

Maximum tolerable levels set for some mycotoxins in cereals.

Mycotoxin	Commodity	Maximum Level (µg/kg)
	European Union [17,18]
Aflatoxin B1	Cereals and cereal products	2
Aflatoxins a	Cereals and cereal products	4
	Maize	10
Ochratoxin A	Unprocessed cereals	5
Zearalenone	Unprocessed maize	350
	Unprocessed cereals other than maize	100
Fumonisins B1 + B2	Unprocessed maize	4000
Deoxynivalenol	Unprocessed cereals other than durum wheat, oats, maize	1250
	Unprocessed durum wheat, oats and maize	1750
T-2 + HT-2	Unprocessed barley and maize	200
	Unprocessed oats	1000
	Unprocessed wheat, rye and other cereals	100
	United States of Americ [21,22]
Aflatoxin B1	All food crops	15
Fumonisins B1 + B2 + B3	Unprocessed maize	4000
	Canada [23]
Deoxynivalenol	Unprocessed wheat	2000
	Japan [24,25]
Aflatoxin B1	All food crops	10
Deoxynivalenol	Unprocessed wheat	1100 b
	China [26]
Aflatoxin B1	Unprocessed maize	20
	Rice (brown rice)	10
	Unprocessed wheat barley, other cereals	5
Deoxynivalenol	Maize, barley, wheat, other cereals	1000
Ochratoxin A	Unprocessed cereals	5
Zearalenone	Unprocessed wheat and maize	60
	Morocco [27]
Aflatoxin B1	Cereals and cereal products	2
Aflatoxins a	Cereals and cereal products	4
Ochratoxin A	Unprocessed cereals	5
Deoxynivalenol	Unprocessed durum wheat, oats and maize	1750
Zearalenone	Unprocessed maize	200

^a AFs: Sum of AFB1 + AFB2 + AFG1 + AFG2; ^b Provisional maximum level.