Originally Posted by
CritterMom
Well, I would tend to worry less about actual bacteria from an illness of some kind than I would about moisture related mold/aflatoxins. Pretty much all of the nuts that we get for squirrels come off the tree encased in big, thick skins that are removed during processing for market, which means that the nut you get has had anything that might have touched an animal during it's growth removed before you buy it.
I worry more what happens AFTER all that happens - how are they stored?