Aflatoxin law reminder
A reminder to Arkansas corn producers, the Aflatoxin
law, Act 1374, passed in 1999, requires specific sampling and analysis
procedures to test for aflatoxin. The "black light" test is not sufficient to
reject corn.
Reg. 2 of the act says any individual, grain elevator
or feed-manufacturing facility that sells, distributes or buys Arkansas grain,
and makes any written or verbal representation with an analysis of an Aflatoxin
level, must have sampled and analyzed the grain with current GIPSA,
USDA-approved methods.
For more information contact:
Matt King (501) 228-1297
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