Croatia's Agriculture Ministry reported on Tuesday afternoon that it had begun implementing an action plan to deal with raw milk supplies with higher-than-prescribed levels of aflatoxin and that earlier in the day the first shipments of such milk had been sent to three biomass plants in east Croatia where they would be used as fuel.
In parallel, the ministry started distributing cattle fodder free of aflatoxin to dairy farms where the problem of higher concentration of this toxin has been detected. Those naturally occurring mycotoxins can colonize and contaminate grain before harvest or during storage, which is why higher concentrations of this toxin in milk are ascribed to cattle fodder.
Under the HRK 5-million plan, supplies of suspect milk are being collected from farms in eastern Slavonia in order to be transported to the three biomass plants for safe destruction.
Veterinary inspectors and other experts continue conducting checks on farms, and the ministry said it would inform the public of the results of its action plan and other activities in a timely fashion.
