• REMINDER: AFLATOXIN ALLOWANCES IN DELIVERABLE CORN

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6331
      • Notice Date
      • 24 July 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 24 July 2012

    • During the last major Midwest drought in 1988, many concerns were raised regarding the presence of aflatoxin in new-crop corn. The following interpretation to corn deliverable on CBOT Corn futures was approved by the Exchange and the CFTC in 1988 and still applies:

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