Pegasus, in the Greek mythology, was the winged stallion that carried the thunderbolts of Zeus. Thunderbolts represent light and speed, simultaneously. To obtain speed in the risk management of mycotoxins is, today, a reality within the field of business. Management of mycotoxins The technical concepts that involve the animal losses caused by the mycotoxins have already been established, es...
NIR does not measure mycotoxins; they are at concentrations below the resolution of the instruments. NIR responds statistically to changes in structure that in a given sample set are correlated with the toxin value. The problem is that in another sample set, from another area or growing season, those correlations have been very inconsistent, and therefore not predictive.