Cereal Chem 52:381 - 386.  |  VIEW ARTICLE
Aflatoxin Occurrence in Some White Corn Under Loan, 1971. II. Effectiveness of Rapid Tests in Segregating Contaminated Corn.

O. L. Shotwell, G. M. Shannon, and C. W. Hesseltine. Copyright 1975 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Rapid screening tests for the detection of aflatoxin were made on truckloads of white corn (1971 crop) under Commodity Credit Corporation as they arrived at an elevator in Missouri. Samples to be tested for the presence or absence of aflatoxin were selected on the basis of an inspection with ultraviolet light (365 nm) for bright greenish-yellow fluorescence associated with the presence of toxin. Results of the rapid field method were compared with those from quantitative determination and found to be effective, for the most part, in identifying aflatoxin-containing corn.