2004 Volume VIII, No. 1NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES The Codex discussion also included a report on deoxynivalenol.The report stressed the importance of using appropriate sampling and analysis methods to obtain reliable estimates of the true concentration of DON in a given cereal lot, rather than trying to predict levels based on the percentage of Fusarium-damaged kernels.It was noted that while various chromatographic techniques have yielded promising results, no one method of DON testing has been deemed sufficiently robust for standardization. |