Jon Ison
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 posted on 22/12/04 at 07:46 PM |
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Brazil nuts ?
Done shoppin earlier today, there was no Brazil nuts to be found, not a one, is there some sort og shortage i aint heard about? Even the packs with
all sorts in had no Brazil nuts.....
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phelpsa
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 07:49 PM |
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Have they burnt down the factory?
Ooops, sorry, that was branston
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macspeedy
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 07:54 PM |
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ebay has some
Item number: 5534972872
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Dusty
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 08:02 PM |
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Some sort of fungus growing on the shells that produces a liver cancer toxin so EEC have banned untreated nuts in their shells unless fumigated or
something like that. Costs too much or a pain in the butt for Tesco to arrange so this years crop dumped except a few imported without the shells on
from countries other than Brazil.
[Edited on 22/12/04 by Dusty]
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 08:04 PM |
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doh, that explains it then.....
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 08:27 PM |
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It's on here Jon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4065611.stm
It's the bl**dy EU again.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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locodude
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 09:50 PM |
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Guy at work sells 'em Jon, £3 per kilo, pistachios & cashews same price.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 10:10 PM |
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as a further hazard, brazil nuts also contain a small amount of radiation. its picked up from the areas they are grown in (radon rich soil or summat
like that). Its been a few years, but I was in a food factory installing machinery when the consultant i was with pointed a radiation survey meter
(geiger counter in english) at a sack of nuts and it gave a good reading over normal background.
still bum all in the scheme of things tho.
atb
steve
[Edited on 22/12/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 11:58 PM |
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is it me or is that bbc report confusing
"A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "Like other retailers, we don't stock shelled Brazil nuts due to EU regulations. However,
we have plenty of unshelled Brazil nuts in stock.""
I read shelled as "without shells"
and unshelled as "still in their shells"
But if I read it correctly it's ones in the shells that are the risky ones, but they don't stock the shelled ones ?
???
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