About MCS Diagnostics

MycotoxCheck is the MCS Diagnostics knowledge platform on mycotoxins in grain and feed, founded on a single conviction: an analysis is only of value if the standard, the sample and the method are correct.

MCS Diagnostics supplies rapid tests, readers and software to the grain, feed and dairy supply chains, and supports the professionals working with them. MycotoxCheck consolidates what is otherwise fragmented across legislation, sampling, test methods and product specifications in everyday practice. The articles are written for procurement managers, quality managers, millers, feed manufacturers and laboratories required to assess a consignment or justify a method.

We work with primary sources: consolidated European regulations and recommendations, and the manufacturer's technical documentation. Where a figure cannot be verified, we omit it. Where a product claim is not supported by European approval, we state so clearly.

Our expert service

A strip and a reader are merely the starting point. Our specialists support you with standards (which maximum level applies to your product and intended use, both now and after 1 July 2027), with a sampling plan for your consignments and receiving pit, with method validation on your matrix, and with integrating EZ Receiver into your LIMS.

What we are and what we are not

MCS Diagnostics is a distributor of Charm products for mycotoxin analysis and the developer of EZ Receiver. We provide advice on standards, sampling, validation and integration with your LIMS. We are neither a laboratory nor a certification body: we do not carry out third-party analyses and do not provide legal advice. The regulatory database is a tool to help locate the correct text, not a substitute for it. A formal rejection or legal dispute requires accredited confirmatory analysis.

Core principles

• First the standard, then the test: Selecting a test without knowing the intended use and the maximum level results in a measured value without meaning.
• Sampling is part of the method: Variance between incremental samples is typically greater than the analytical error. That is why we dedicate more attention to the sample than to the strip.
• Transparent about limitations: Screening is not confirmation, US approval is not European approval, and a published range is no guarantee for your specific matrix.

MCS Diagnostics and Charm Sciences

Charm Sciences is the manufacturer of ROSA strips and the EZ-M system. MCS Diagnostics supplies these products, installs them and supports their users. EZ Receiver is software developed by MCS Diagnostics. Product details on this website are sourced directly from the manufacturer's documentation and are fully referenced; upon purchase, always refer to the current specifications and the supplied protocol as the authoritative reference.