EU AFLATOXINS NUTS ALERT AS CODEX DRAWS UP RULES TO FIGHT PROBLEM
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union food safety alert service RASFF has warned of nut aflatoxin contaminations, as global food standards agency Codex Alimentarius develops guidelines on the problem. RASFF highlighted aflatoxins in Iranian pistachio nuts, Israeli groundnuts, and Azerbaijani hazelnuts sold in Italy; Iranian pistachios sold in Spain and Germany; American almonds in Spain; amongst other incidents. Meanwhile, Codex' committee on food additives and contaminants has drafted a code for reducing aflatoxoin contamination in tree nuts and brazil ...
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