Research has shown the food ingredient, which comes from the plant that produces opium, can have unintended effects.
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New data shows some poppy seeds varieties “may have higher codeine contamination than previously reported,” Cisneros’s memo states.Article content The phenomenon had a moment in pop culture in a 1996 episode of “Seinfeld” in which the character Elaine fails a drug test after eating a poppy seed muffin. But there have also been dozens of real-life instances in which people said they failed a drug test after eating poppy seeds.Article contentIn 2020, an Alabama woman lost custody of her newborn after she said poppy seed bread caused her to fail a drug test. Women in Maryland, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania have endured similar problems.
Reisfield said that poppy seeds are more likely to contain opium if they haven’t been washed and that opium becomes less prevalent in the seeds after they’re processed.Article content
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