However, the other day I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App which I found interesting and relevant given that I just wrote about #Spices a few days ago. Working for the food industry, I know for a fact that certain countries, particularly Japan, bans irradiated spices. In the US, most manufacturers, unless requested by a specific large customer as the interviewee alluded to, cringe on even considering use of non-irradiated pepper for the reasons below.
A Spice Buyer On Why Pepper Is Dirty, And How It Gets Clean
by Nancy Shute
NPR - November 1, 2013
This week's news that the Food and Drug Administration found that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. are contaminated was a little disheartening....
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/31/242155387/a-spice-buyer-on-why-pepper-is-dirty-and-how-it-gets-clean?sc=17&f=1001
by Nancy Shute
NPR - November 1, 2013
This week's news that the Food and Drug Administration found that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. are contaminated was a little disheartening....
http://www.npr.org/blogs/
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