Thursday, November 7, 2013

More on Spices

I've been pretty busy this week preparing for my upcoming trip and have not had the chance to write anything of interest.

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

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