The European Commission (EC) has published guidance levels for DON in products intended for animal feed. These guidance val-ues for DON are 8 mg kg−1 in cereals and cereal products, 12 mg kg−1 in maize by-products and 5 mg kg−1 in complementary and complete feeding stuffs with the exception of feeding stuffs for pigs (0.9 mg kg−1), calves (