Brussels, 07/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following the discovery of high levels of aflatoxins in Brazil nuts in shell from Brazil, the European Commission decided on 4 July to impose special conditions on their import from this country. Aflatoxins are carcinogenic substances produced by funghi which contaminate the nuts. Aside from the levels of aflatoxins detected, which were sometimes over a hundred times the permitted maximum, an inspection by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office in...