Mark Thorson wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> Interesting. I have wondered about that peanut butter. I wonder
>> whether ANY manufacturers take special pains to use better-quality
>> peanuts? Is the PB you grind yourself in the store any better?
>> Or is the only good way to buy the peanuts and then grind them at
>> home?
>
> Before I stopped eating peanuts, I would only buy them
> from the bulk bin at Safeway, picking out the cleanest-
> looking, unbroken ones (visual inspection).
>
> If you really want to know more about peanuts, read this:
>
> http://commdocs.house.gov/committees...peanuts_0f.htm

It's going to take a while to read this, but my eyebrows are
shooting up.... Clean and regrade? Time to help the producer?
(Hmmm. THAT reminds me of some other things we have witnessed.)

When DID you stop eating peanuts?

Looking at this

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fdaact.html#afla

it would seem that Brazil nuts and pistachios are also susceptible
to aflatoxin.

--
Jean B.