Egypt’s government filed a legal complaint against a court ruling applying zero ergot policy on wheat imports. The ruling was issued by Egypt’s Federal court November 14 and aims to ban all wheat imports containing the common grain fungus ergot. The government will retain an ergot tolerance of 0.05% in wheat imports, a common international standard, while the complaint is considered. A ban on wheat imports containing the ergot fungus was also imposed by Egypt last year and was followed by a boycott of Egypt’s wheat tenders by major international wheat suppliers. Egypt was forced to adopt a 0.05% ergot tolerance level.