National Corn Growers Association

FDA guidelines for acceptable aflatoxin level in corn

Animal	Feed	Aflatoxin level
Finishing beef cattle	Corn and peanut product	300 ppb
Beef cattle, swine or poultry	Cottonseed meal	300 ppb
Finishing swine of 100 lbs. or greater	Corn and peanut products	200 ppb
Breeding beef cattle, breeding swine, or mature poultry	Corn and peanut products	100 ppb
Immature animals	Animal feeds and ingredients, excluding cottonseed meal	20 ppb
Dairy animals, for animal species or uses not specified above, or when the intended use is not known	Animal feeds and ingredients	20 ppb

Guidance levels for Fumonisins in Animal Feed

Animal or Class	Levels in Corn & Corn By-products	Feed Factor (Fraction of corn or corn by-product mixed into the total ration)	Levels in Finished Feeds
Horse (includes asses, zebras and onagers)	5	0.2	1
Rabbit	5	0.2	1
Catfish	20	0.5	10
Swine	20	0.5	10
Ruminant, Poultry & Mink Breeding Stock (includes laying hens, roosters, lactating dairy cows and bulls)	30	0.5	15
Ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats and other ruminants that are >3 months old and fed for slaughter	60	0.5	30
Mink (fed for pelt production)	60	0.5	30
Poultry (turkeys, checkens, ducklings and other poultry fed for slaughter)	100	0.5	50
All others (includes dogs and cats)	10	0.5	5