Egyptian agricultural safety watchdogs are heading to Egypt, after the country rejected a 63,000-tonne cargo of wheat, claiming it had 0.6% levels of the fungus ergot, above the accepted limit of 0.5%. The cargo, owned by state grain buyer GASC, was the fourth to be halted by the world's biggest importer of wheat, but the first to be quarantined for ergot. An anonymous trade company source said the firm was pushing for the grain to be re-tested, as re-exporting the grain would prove logistically difficult.
Russian agricultural safety watchdogs are heading to Egypt, after the country rejected a 63,000-tonne cargo of wheat, claiming it had 0.6% levels of the fungus ergot, above the accepted limit of 0.5%. The cargo, owned by state grain buyer GASC, was the fourth to be halted by the world's biggest importer of wheat, but the first to be quarantined for ergot. An anonymous trade company source said the firm was pushing for the grain to be re-tested, as re-exporting the grain would prove logistically difficult.