International mycotoxin check sample program: Part I. Report on laboratory performance for determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in raw peanut meal, deoiled peanut meal, and yellow corn meal.

M D Friesen; L Garren

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International mycotoxin check sample program: Part I. Report on laboratory performance for determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in raw peanut meal, deoiled peanut meal, and yellow corn meal.

M D Friesen·L Garren

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Three aflatoxin-contaminated samples (raw peanut meal, deoiled peanut meal, and yellow corn meal) were analyzed by 121 laboratories in 31 countries. Sufficient data were obtained to permit a statistical comparison of the performance of laboratories using the BF, CB, and EEC methods and those using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for quantitation. No significant differences were found between means for laboratories using these 4 methods for the analysis of raw peanut meal or yellow corn meal. However, for deoiled peanut meal, means were significantly different for laboratories using the BF method compared with the CB or EEC methods for B1 and B2, and for laboratories using the CB method compared with HPLC methods for G2.

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M D Friesen, L Garren. 1982. International mycotoxin check sample program: Part I. Report on laboratory performance for determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in raw peanut meal, deoiled peanut meal, and yellow corn meal.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6811544/

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