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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I didn't say aflatoxin isn't a nasty thing and can't kill people, woofgang.
I realise you can get shelled brazils, but where's the skill in that compared with that of gently crushing that angular shell; easing the whole nut out of that piece of corner; of removing that piece of the slightly woody layer that seems to be glued to the surface of the nut; caressing the magnificent whole specimen; the smell of greasepaint; the sound of leather on willow; the skill of the hunter; the mist on the water......
...sorry, seem to have got a bit carried away.
As I recall, the regulations do not forbid the sale of Brazils in their shells, they say the shells must be tested first to ensure they are toxin free.
Newspapers - who like to big up bad news - extrapolated that no-one would pay the extra cost of testing and(doom & gloom) this meant there would be no brazil nuts in shells and we could all blame the nasty EU. (They could have written it up as good news - the EU were ensuring our safety by making sure shells were safe, but for some strange reason, did not)
Anyway, Waitrose have got piles of self serve brazil nuts in their shells. Brazil nuts are good to buy - they provide elements vital for (ahem) 'male health', and they encourage keeping the rain forest as these nuts cannot be cultivated - they all come from wild trees.