Prepare for a roasting

Fears over toxins in imported peanuts from China and India combined with Argentina’s economic crisis could push prices to exorbitant levels, says Andy Aitken

Out of the glaring view of the general public, peanuts are a hot topic across the commodities world at the moment. The UK is leading European Union moves to ban the import of the nuts from several countries because they contain high levels of the dreaded aflatoxin - a poisonous fungus - and the pros and cons of the debate have divided the trade right down the middle...

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