The Costs of Mycotoxin Management to the USA: Management of Aflatoxins in the United States

Mycotoxin losses and costs of mycotoxin management are overlapping areas of concern. Costs of mycotoxin management include research production practices, testing and research necessary to try to prevent the toxins from appearing in food and feed products of affected commodities. Mycotoxin losses result from (American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), ) lowered animal production and any human toxicity attributable to the presence of the toxin, (CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology), ) the presence of the toxin in the affected commodity which lowers its market value, as well as (Hawk, ) secondary effects on agriculture production and agricultural communities.