Raw material purchase USA

USA: 18 samples (85 analyses)
	Number of analyses	Value detected (%)	Results Abnormalities (number)¹	Limit values¹
Distillers dried grains feed	61
Pesticide residues	54	0.0	all < LOQ
Cadmium	1	100.0	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
DON	1	100.0	all < 4.0 mg/kg	GV 8 mg/kg
ZEA	1	100.0	all < 1.0 mg/kg	GV 2 mg/kg
Soy/-byproducts	4
Salmonella	4	0.0	all negative
Sunflower seeds/ -byproducts	4
Salmonella	4	50.0	2x positive
Magnesium oxide	4
Mercury	1	100.0	all < 0.05 mg/kg	MC 0.1 mg/kg
Rape/ -byproducts	4
Salmonella	4	25.0	1x positive
Rice bran	4
Aflatoxin B1	3	0.0	all < LOQ
Salmonella	1	0.0	all negative

Time period: 1 June 2021 to 31 December 2021

USA: 163 samples (2,866 analyses)
	Number of analyses	Value detected (%)	Results Abnormalities (number)¹	Limit values¹
Distillers dried grains feed	705
Pesticide residues	540	0.0	all < LOQ
Cadmium	9	100.0	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
DON	19	100.0	all < 4 mg/kg	GV 8 mg/kg
ZEA	21	100.0	all < 1 mg/kg	GV 2 mg/kg
Soy/-byproducts	592
Pesticide residues	451	0.2	all < 50% MC³
Cadmium	9	100.0	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
Salmonella	34	17.6	6x positive
Sunflower extraction meal	217
Pesticide residues	108	0.9	Chlorpyrifos 1 ≥ 0.005 mg/kg	Chlorpyrifos MC 0.01 mg/kg⁴
Cadmium	2	50.0	2 ≥ 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
Salmonella	11	27.3	3x positive
Sorghum/Milocorn	59
Pesticide residues	54	1.9	all < 50% MC
Rice bran	137
Pesticide residues	54	3.7	all < 50% MC²
Aflatoxin B1	3	0.0	all < LOQ	MC 0.02 mg/kg
Salmonella	3	33.3	1x positive
Magnesium oxide	10
Mercury (MC)	2	50.0	1 ≥ 0.05 mg/kg	MC 0.1 mg/kg
Rape/ -byproducts	71
Salmonella	5	20.0	1x positive
Hydrocyanic acid	1	100.0	all < 25 mg/kg	MC 50

Time period: 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2021

Legend: MC= maximum content, AL = action limit, GV = guidance value, LOQ = Limit of quantification

¹values ≥ 50% from the strictest limit value

²based on the raw material (rice)

³based on the raw material (soyabeans)

⁴based on the raw material (sunflower seeds)