RASFF WARNS OF AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of aflatoxin contaminations in imported confectionary ingredients: American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.
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EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of aflatoxin contaminations in imported confectionary ingredients: American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.
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