EU WARNS OF AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATIONS

BY KEITH NUTHALL EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of a series of aflatoxin contaminations in a variety of imported and EU-produced foodstuffs. Aflatoxins have been discovered within: Polish roasted and salted peanuts in Slovenia; Ethiopian mixed spices in Italy; Chinese, Ivory Coast and Ghanaian peanut butter in Britain; American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; Nigerian ogbono groundnuts in Britain; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others. ...


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