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Why ergot can be a hidden threat

Increasing ergot incidence and contamination of apparently clean grain with invisible ergot alkaloids can pose compliance and food safety challenges in the grain supply chain

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Grass-weeds within crops are thought to be the primary source of ergot infection
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Grass-weeds within crops are thought to be the primary source of ergot infection

Management guidelines for ergot are to be updated following a surge in the prevalence of ergot in UK grain supplied for processing in recent years. This increase has coincided with a reduction of ergot...

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