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Washington, DC -- The USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration announced August 1 that Vicam, L.P. AflaTest® aflatoxin test kit, quantitative monoclonal affinity chromatography kit has been approved for official testing of aflatoxin in the national grain inspection system.

Aflatoxins are a toxin produced by a mold and can be present in corn, sorghum, and other grains.

According to GIPSA administrator James Link, renewal of test expands the choice of aflatoxin test kits available to the national inspection system.

GIPSA has now approved the official use of the Vicam, L.P. AflaTest® aflatoxin test kit to determine total aflatoxin levels in corn, condensed distillers solubles, corn bran, corn flour, corn germ meal, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, corn meal, corn soy blend, distillers dried grains, distiller dried grains w/ solubles, flaking corn grits, milled rice, popcorn, rough rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat.

For more information, call Lynn Polston, GIPSA Technical Services Division, 816-891-0444.

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