The Alltech Mycotoxin Management program ended 2015 on a high note as its extensive mycotoxin analysis completed testing on its 10,000th sample. Since Alltech’s Analytical Services Laboratory opened in September 2012, more than 10,000 domestic and international samples have been analysed for mycotoxin contamination at the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited laboratory.

The laboratory has received over 50 different feed sample types from more than 80 countries since it first opened in Winchester, Kentucky. Its proprietary 37+® LC/MS/MS analytical method, developed by Alltech, is state-of-the-art in its detection and quantisation of more than 37 mycotoxins at parts per billion (ppb) and parts per trillion (ppt) levels.

“This 10,000-sample milestone sets the bar in global mycotoxin investigation and reaffirms our customers’ confidence in the precise, accurate and thorough testing of Alltech’s 37+ mycotoxin analysis program,” said Steve Mobley, manager of the Analytical Services Laboratory. “Our diagnostic approach allows us to study global mycotoxin trends and develop comprehensive, customised mycotoxin management programmes for our customers.”

Over the past three years, the Alltech 37+ mycotoxin analysis has put together an extensive portfolio on worldwide mycotoxin contamination and regional trends over time. The laboratory has found 97 percent of samples tested contain one or more mycotoxins, with an average of six mycotoxins per sample. Type B Trichothecenes and Fumonisins were present in more than 70 percent of samples.