11147270266?profile=RESIZE_180x180This incident was reported in the Spanish press (here).  40,000 Euro-worth of almonds were rejected at port of entry due to high aflatoxin tests.  The importer certified they had sent the load for incineration.  In fact, they tried to divert them back into the market.  The fraud was revealed by mass-balance check.  The importer had shelled the almonds and only incinerated the shells.  The weight rejected at port and the weight incinerated did not tally.

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