Mycotoxin binders achieve less than promised

In a study carried out by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre some 20 mycotoxin binders were tested on their efficacy. The tested binders had no effect on the level of mycotoxins found, making them quite useless for masking mycotoxins in contaminated feed within the recommended range as they were used in the study. A combination of binder addition and processing, such as pelleting or extrusion, was not a subject of the study but could be considered as a next step. Mycotoxin binder