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January 13, 2019

A new processing line to remove aflatoxin and mycotoxins – Toxi-Scrub

by Biochemist Peer Hansen, IGrain, Denmark

Mycotoxins and fumonisins - what are they?
A mycotoxin (from Greek mykes, “fungus” and toxikon, “poison”) is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom. They are capable of causing disease and death in both humans and animals. The term ‘mycotoxin’ is usually reserved for the toxic chemical products produced by fungi that readily colonise crops, beans, etc. One mould species may produce many different mycotoxins, fumonisins and several species may produce the same mycotoxin.
 


Mycotoxins like Aflatoxins present an increasing problem in the food and feed supply chain. Toxins are carcinogenic and create various other health problems. Thus, consumers are at risk, and losses are increasing; both farmers and industry are affected by the increasing problem.

So far, the only method of reducing the problem has been to dilute contaminated grain/food/feedstuff with uncontaminated material to reduce the toxic concentration. To date, an effective solution to cleanse grain and feed stuff (especially corn, wheat and oil seed meal) for mycotoxins, fumonisins and other contaminants has been missing.

The Toxi-Scrub processing line and what it does
The Toxi-Scrub processing line is a complete processing system, including: intake, pre-processing, the scrubbing-reactor, buffer bins, control system, and the complete material handling. This makes it easy and convenient for users to simply dump the contaminated material in the inlet and receive decontaminated material in the outlet buffer bin. Packing solutions are optional and include truck delivery bin, big bag solution, bagging solution (25 -100 Kg bags), or consumer pouch packing, especially designed for nuts, beans etc.

The principle of the Toxi-Scrub processing line is that ozone is used in a patented reactor to detoxify the commodity (grain, oil seed, beans etc.). The most important step is the process where the material is exposed to ozone; this is done in a special and efficient way. Ozone is a strong oxidizer and eliminates almost all mycotoxins, as validated by more than 25 scientific papers published over the last two decades.


Read more HERE.
 

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