Grain is rapidly cooled to below 15C (and kept below 5C during winter)

Reduced Ochratoxin A production on cereal grains during storage

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Best Practice Guidance:

• FSA (2007) Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the reduction of mycotoxins in UK cereals. Food Standards Agency FSA/1170/0507.
• HGCA (2007) Guidelines to minimise risk of fusarium mycotoxins in cereals. Home Grown Cereals Authority. Summer 2007

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Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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