Re: Peanut allergies, toxins, unsafe storage, health caution!

On Feb 29, 7:00 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
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> wrote:
> >> From my studies in indoor air quality, peanuts are the most frequent
> >> offendors and cause death more than any food product. Proper care in
the
> >> storage and manufacturing process led to the "Skippy Peanut Butter"
> >> incident.
> >> Water from aleakingroofwetting the peanuts, and allowing the
> >> toxins to form are to blame.
> > Aflatoxin is usually only a problem when peanuts or maize are stored
> > at very high temperatures - even the southern US doesn't often get
> > hot enough, it mainly happens in West Africa.
> > So the hygiene lapses you list may be disgusting but may not be as
> > significant as you think.
>
> Further to that: toxins have NOTHING AT ALL to do with peanut allergy.
>
> What causes peanut allergy is a protein which is a perfectly normal
> constituent of the peanut.  For someone with peanut allergy, this
> protein is much more dangerous than any fungal toxin; weight for
> weight, it's about level with ricin or abrin, and about the only
> thing that might be deadlier is anthrax s****es.
>
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