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Mycotoxins – General SCUDAMORE, K.A. and PATEL, S. 2000. Survey for aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, zearalenone and fumonisins in maize imported into the United Kingdom. Food Additives and Contaminants 17: 407–416. Raw maize as received at ports or at major maize mills in the UK were examined for aflatoxins B 1 , B 2 , G 1 and G 2 , ochratoxin A (OA), zearalenone (ZEA) and fumonisins B 1 , B 2 and B 3 using HPLC methods with detection limits of 0.1 μg/kg for each aflatoxin and OA, 4 mg/kg for ZEA and 10 μg/kg for each fumonisin. Ninety-five percent and 92.1% of samples met the new EC statutory maximum permissible level for total aflatoxins and aflatoxin B 1 , respectively. ZEA and fumonisins were detected in almost every sample with 41.7% of maize containing ZEA at more than 100 μg/kg and 48% of samples containing total fumonisins at more than 1000 μg/kg. Initial cleaning of raw maize reduced aflatoxin concentrations by about 40% and total fumonisins by 32%. SCHNEWEIS, I., MEYER, K., HORMANSDORFER, S. and BAUER, J. 2000. Mycophenolic acid in silage . Applied and Environmental Microbiology