South Korean airport authorities crack down on Trader Joe’s bagel seasoning

2 years ago by Midnight to c/strangetimes

Travellers say the popular seasoning mix by US brand Trader Joe’s has been the subject of increased confiscation, because it contains poppy seeds

Theharpyeagle 58 points 2 years ago

While poppy seeds do not contain opium, authorities fear they could be contaminated with opiates, a class of drugs that can relieve pain and cause drowsiness.

This whole thing is clearly ridiculous, but that's a hilariously dismissive way to describe opiates.

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OsrsNeedsF2P 21 points 2 years ago

This is HILARIOUS because my girlfriend LOVES this seasoning and was just visiting from Korea and was searching online to see if she was allowed to bring it back 😂😂😂. People on the Korean forums were saying stuff like "omg americans are so addicted to drugs they even put them on their foods" and we were dying 😂

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Orbituary 20 points 2 years ago

Ignorant and idiotic. Like banning hemp rope for its relationship to cannabis.

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lurch 2 points 2 years ago

don't give them ideas 😆

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OsrsNeedsF2P -11 points 2 years ago

I mean, you can live without hemp rope, but cannabis is very illegal in South Korea, so they're fine removing everything hemp

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Orbituary 16 points 2 years ago

Analogies are hard? Cannabis is harmless. Poppy seeds are harmless. Poppy seeds are related to opium the same way hemp is related to weed. Just like hemp/cannabis, not all poppies can make heroin.

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callcc 0 points 2 years ago

I read that poppie seeds regularly contain too much opioid and have to be pulled from sales. Hemp rope on the other hand is made from the stem of the plant, not the flower, so does not or barely contains THC.

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jet 12 points 2 years ago

Ah yes.... Poppy seeds

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Sendpicsofsandwiches 4 points 2 years ago

Get in loser, we're smuggling everything bagels into South Korea

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idoubtit 2 points 2 years ago

FYI: This type of news is stretching the appropriate subjects for this Community:

"News about weird nature, unusual happenings, and fringe claims. #anomalies #animals #nature #Fortean #paranormal #cryptids #weather"

~Moderator

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