Food safety is a given, when a consumer purchases food they expect it to be safe and fit to eat. The responsibility for ensuring food is safe to eat rests with the farmer (sometimes called the primary producer), the manufacturer or processor (if the food is prepared in a factory), the distributor and wholesaler (the people responsible for transfering the food from the manufacturer to the shop or to the door in the case of direct sales or mail order), the retailer and the consumer themselves.
The UK food Standards Agency report that Bart Spices Ltd has recalled all batches of its Organic Purple Cornmeal. This is due to the level of fumonisins which are a type of toxin which is naturally produced by moulds. The levels are above the legal limits, but the FSA state that there is unlikely to be any immediate risk to people's health. For more details follow the link.
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