Abstract
We analysed a total of 2258 grain samples over a 3-year period (2006–2008) from 93 storage centers in the principal maize cultivation area of Italy to establish the levels of fumonisin contamination. Fumonisin concentrations were measured using ELISA (RIDASCREEN) fumonisin test kits. Mean levels of contamination were remarkably high in each year, with the highest value in 2006 (10.9 mg/kg) and the lowest in 2008 (4.8 mg/kg). Similarly, for each year, variations were quite large: from <LOQ to 77.0 mg/kg, < LOQ to 26.3, and 0.1 to 19.0 mg/kg, respectively, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The highest fumonisin concentration was found in samples harvested in Veneto (11.1 mg/kg) and Friuli Venezia Giulia (8.9 mg/kg), while the lowest were recorded in Emilia Romagna and Piemonte (4.6 mg/kg).
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