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Fusarium Mycotoxin Risk Assessment

Update for 2010 harvest The risk assessment scheme is improved as we acquire more relevant data.  With the very wet growing and harvest conditions in 2008 significant changes were made to the scheme.  These were essentially rainfall related factors and hence highlighted the need for growers to record rainfall at flowering and in the run up to harvest. 2009 was a relatively dry year and hence no further changes have been made to the scheme for the 2010 harvest.

Resources Printable PDF Risk Assessment Form Downloadable Excel Risk Assessment Tool Online Risk Assessment Tool Combinable Crops Passport

When selling wheat the overall risk assessment score should then be entered on the grain passport as in previous years.

Tool

This tool provides growers with means of entering their own risk scores for factors associated with the risk of fusarium mycotoxin developing on wheat. 

Click on which tool format you prefer, risk scores are entered and an overall risk value obtained.   This will provide a guide on the need to test the grain and its suitability for the milling wheat market.  It can be printed out, signed and dated to keep as a record of your risk assessment.

We have 3 methods to use this tool:

1. The excel version can be downloaded here, fill in where necessary and it will calculate an overall risk value automatically.  If you do not have Excel installed on your computer, a free viewer can be downloaded from Microsoft by clicking here 
   
   
2. (NEW) An online version can be used here Fusarium Mycotoxin Risk Assessment Tool
   
   
3. A PDF version can be downloaded here , print this out and manually calculate the risk scores

Useful resources 

• Guidelines to minimising the risk of fusarium mycotoxins in cereals describes in detail the factors that contribute to these mycotoxins and more importantly how to reduce the risk of them.