The most promising and economical approach for detoxifying mycotoxins contaminated feedstuffs is the addition of nutritionally inert mineral adsorbents to animals diets to decrease the bioavailability of the mycotoxins during absorption in the gastrointestinal tract thus preventing uptake into the blood and subsequent distribution to organs. Many adsorbents, mainly activated carbon and clay minerals exhibit a high ability to bind most of the mycotoxins. On the other hand, adsorbents for fumonisins have been tested in only a few cases, though these mycotoxins are toxic to number of animal species. This study reports an investigation on the ability of organically modified clays to bind fumonisins B 1 (FB 1 ) and B 2 (FB 2 ). Organically modified clays are commercial materials prepared from natural clays, generally montmorillonite, by exchanging the inorganic cation with an ammonium organic cation. A screening experiment conducted on 13 organically modified clays and 3 non modified clays, used as controls, has confirmed that the presence of an organic cation in the clay interlayer promoted the adsorption of both fumonisins. On the basis of the results of the screening test, four modified clays and a Na-montmorillonite were selected for the determination of the adsorption kinetics and isotherms. On all the tested materials adsorption took place within one hour contact with fumonisins solutions. Adsorption isotherms have pointed out that the modified clays exhibited a higher adsorptive capacity than the unmodified clay. It was also demonstrated that, notwithstanding the reduced structural difference between FB 1 and FB 2 , they were differently adsorbed on the modified clays. Addition of 2 % modified clays to contaminated maize allowed a reduction of more than 70% and 60% of the amount of FB 1 and FB 2 released in solution. Although in vivo experiments are required to confirm the effectiveness of the organically modified clays, these preliminary results suggest that these materials are promising as fumonisins binders.