Table 3.

Mycotoxin occurrence of new season maize of different regions in China in 2021.

Mycotoxins	Sample number	Positive samples		Average of positives (μg/kg)	Maximum (μg/kg)
		Number	%
Heilongjiang province, Northeast China
Aflatoxins	27	3	11	4	8
Trichothecenes Type B	27	22	81	1,251	3,172
Fumonisins	27	16	59	1,807	5,021
Zearalenone (ZEN)	27	16	59	195	726
Jilin province, Northeast China
Aflatoxins	28	2	7	13	19
Trichothecenes Type B	28	27	96	1,067	2,322
Fumonisins	28	27	96	1,460	4,180
ZEN	28	26	93	68	181
Liaoning province, Northeast China
Aflatoxins	40	0	0	0	0
Trichothecenes type B	40	40	100	1,524	3,528
Fumonisins	40	39	98	2,097	8,360
ZEN	40	39	98	141	598
Hebei province, North China
Aflatoxins	72	9	13	17	31
Trichothecenes type B	72	61	85	1,334	3,439
Fumonisins	72	64	89	3,154	18,320
ZEN	72	55	76	226	939
Shandong province, East China
Aflatoxins	81	5	6	19	47
Trichothecenes type B	81	70	86	1,954	6,849
Fumonisins	81	74	91	4,665	17,840
ZEN	81	71	88	722	3,017
Henan province, Central China
Aflatoxins	56	35	63	47	211
Trichothecenes type B	56	53	95	768	2,430
Fumonisins	56	55	98	3,541	14,505
ZEN	56	48	86	144	770
Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, East China
Aflatoxins	43	39	91	77	331
Trichothecenes type B	43	34	79	548	2,310
Fumonisins	43	42	98	4,430	11,776
ZEN	43	22	51	105	442