In the significant feed production country, the Netherlands, De Heus has 12 factories handling large amounts of raw material such as corn, wheat and barley. All this material must be of great quality and tested for mycotoxins levels to secure animal health and high-quality end products.
The automation of Mycotoxin testing provides both the desired prompt and precise results with a minimum of manual labor. Laboratory manager Rowan Bosch explains why time and high accuracy are specifically crucial criteria: “If there is something wrong [with the sample], we can do something about it. Otherwise, it is already in the animal, and then we have a problem”, he describes. Too high levels of mycotoxins can cause significant health issues for animals, and they can potentially transfer mycotoxins from feed to animal and finally to the end products consumed by humans.
Watch the video to get the full explanation and learn De Heus’ vision for the use of mycotoxin analysis in the future.
