Cargill Inc.

Nicholas Wayne Bethke

Lawrence Edward Fosdick

Eugene Joseph Fox

Chad Allen Conard

Steven W Kirkvold

Eric Stanley Sumner

Joseph Michael Lewis

Eugene Max Peters

Riley Neil Smith

Ping Yang

Jill Louise Zullo

Jacob A Leland

Donald Grunig

Anthony John Schanilec

Abhay R Ladhe

Hadi Nayef Yehia

Marie Khagik Costanian

Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.

Method and apparatus for reducing aflatoxin-contaminated corn

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University Park, IA, United States of America

Nicholas Wayne Bethke