pink stuff in cracked corn

[invisigoth]

hi all :)

i bought 5kg of cracked corn from a produce store, and when I had a better look, noticed there were buts of the cob that were pink as well as the odd grain. i suspect this may be mould. the mould itself would be killed off by the mashing process, but i was wondering if any mycotoxins present would carry over into the distillate, or would it be left behind in the backset?

[coffe addict]

Without a pic it's hard to know,l but seed grain is treated with an anti fungal which probably isn't the sort of stuff you'd want in your wash. This anti fungal is usually pink!
It's possible they've had some old seed grain left that they've just chopped up thinking it was going to feed birds or horses.

[bluc]

Only ever used feed corn never seen pink bits in it..Matter fact ground 10kg today for tomorrows first ever 100%corn...

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[bluc]

Perhaps a pigeon got to close while they were grinding it up :O) :laughing-rolling:
Seriously though there is a heirloom corn that is red perhaps a small amount of that mixed in with yellow corn? Never seen mold on any feed grain. Found what I thought were rat waste turned out to be wheat seed ...

[bluc]

Learn something new everyday http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/cro ... 1114a9.htm
Seems its not ideal even for stock feed ...I doubt anything will make it through distillation but entirely up to you weather or not you use it.. :-B

[invisigoth]

thanx for the replies guys.

last time i bought this stuff, i asked about treatments, and they assured me it was untreated... no pesticides, no fungicides. the pink stuff was mostly on large bits of cob, as well as some grain bits. from my previous experience, it looked to me to be fungal. but... i found the answer to my question which was "will any mycotoxins carry over into the distillate?" i found my answer in a paper titled "The Fate of Mycotoxins during the Distillation Process of Barley Shochu, a Distilled Alcoholic Beverage" . the answer was... nope, any mycotoxin not damaged by the heat of distillation will stay in the boiler and not carry over inot the product :handgestures-thumbupleft: .