"Was carried out re-examination. The final results indicate that the levels of ergot is 0.01%. This party will be released," — said the representative of the Ministry of agriculture of Egypt, quoted by the newspaper "al-Yaum AU Sabia".

Earlier media reported that in the Egyptian port city of Safaga was arrested a large consignment of Russian wheat — 63 tons — after the detection of the excess in grain levels of ergot. In particular, in the inspection it was discovered the contents of the fungus ergot at the level of 0.06%. While adopted in Egypt, the maximum rate corresponds to the international standards and is 0.05%.