The study counted on the partnership of LAMIC-UFSM, Pegasus Science and important cooperatives of the sector.

Contamination by mycotoxins in stored grains can occur in a highly heterogeneous manner, presenting challenges to obtain accurate results of contamination levels. There is limited information on grain sampling stored in silos for mycotoxin analysis.

In this study, we compared two sampling processes to verify the contamination by mycotoxins in corn and wheat. Both sampling procedures used a pneumatic probe to collect five samples from the entire depth of the silo. In process A, this sample was subdivided (upper third, middle third and lower third), while the total depth sample was used for the second process (B).

This is the first survey evaluating the contamination by mycotoxins in samples collected from silos using a pneumatic probe. Our results provide a solution to the problems associated with grain sampling in static storage in silos.

World Mycotoxin Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with only one specific focus area: promoting mycotoxin science to address the needs of researchers and practitioners in the scientific community and industry as well as policy makers and regulators.

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