Peanuts and mycotoxins

A few weeks ago I received a question from one of our readers. She asked me if she could feed her backyard potbellied pigs some leftover peanuts and peanut butter. My first reaction was: of course! Why not? Peanuts are full of nutrients and peanuts skins – the leftovers from making peanut butter – are already often passed on to pig farmers for use in pig feed. However, some of the recent feed and food scares involving peanuts made me a bit hesitant. Are peanuts nut so good then? Pe