Daily Mycotoxin Control: Simple Steps to Protect Every Batch

Choose where to start:

1. Why Is Daily Mycotoxin Control Essential in Your Production?

2. Key Steps to Establish Daily Control (Operational Routine)

3. Proven Benefits (What the Operation Gains)

4. Practical Daily Checklist

5. The Expert’s Resources for Mycotoxin Control

Why Is Daily Mycotoxin Control Essential in Your Production?

Mycotoxins are toxic compounds produced by fungi (e.g., Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium) that contaminate cereals, oilseeds, and other agricultural inputs. Their presence is often invisible to the naked eye, but their impact is real: they affect animal and human health, reduce productivity, and generate economic and regulatory risks. It is estimated that around 25% of global crops are affected by mycotoxins¹.

For these reasons, incorporating daily control is not a secondary option but an essential preventive measure. The following sections detail the critical routine points, recommended tests, and concrete actions to detect and stop a problem before it escalates.

Does your team already have a daily routine capable of detecting and stopping an incident in time?

Key Steps to Establish Daily Control (Operational Routine)

The following are processes and concrete actions—based on international practices and adapted for Latin America—to ensure daily activities reduce risk and improve traceability.

Proven Benefits (What the Operation Gains)

Implementing daily mycotoxin control provides operational, commercial, and strategic benefits that protect both production and company reputation:

• Data-driven decisions and continuous improvement: A daily program generates a record history that allows identifying trends, adjusting suppliers or controls, and demonstrating improvements during audits and to buyers.
• Less waste and reduced economic loss: Discarding or segregating batches upon receipt avoids greater losses in later stages.
• Increased operational efficiency: Early detection allows immediate decisions and reduces emergency interventions or recalls and sanctions. Early detection limits the likelihood of product withdrawals, saving on logistics, reprocessing, and mitigating reputational damage.
• Audit security and regulatory compliance: Maintaining records and procedures based on standards (Codex / local regulations) improves the position with distributors and regulators; mycotoxins remain among the most reported risks in food alert systems².
• Market access and commercial differentiation: Meeting customer and importer specifications prevents rejections and allows negotiating better commercial conditions and differential certifications.

Practical Daily Checklist to Control Mycotoxins