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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

Jane Thynne

22 February 2025 鈥� 4 min read

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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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