Poppy seeds — a staple on bagels and in pastries — are at the center of a stunning public health scare that has already cost ...

Poppy seeds figure prominently in Middle Eastern, Indian, Eastern European, and Jewish cuisines, enriching regional dishes, ...

It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom “Seinfeld.” But for some it has been a tragedy. People have died after drinking tea brewed from ...

Poppy seeds come from the Papaver somniferum plant, which is also used to make drugs like opium and morphine. In fact, many drug tests are so sensitive to opiates that the U.S. Department of ...

The proposed guidance agenda lists topics such as opiate alkaloids in poppy seeds, food colors derived from natural sources ...

“It’s not an urban legend: Eating poppy seeds can cause diners to test positive for codeine on a urinalysis,” the Defense Department warned military personnel in 2023. Now, lawmakers are ...

While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in baked goods and pastries, they also -- depending on how they are harvested and processed -- can contain opium alkaloids such as morphine and codeine ...

Poppy seeds figure prominently in Middle Eastern, Indian, Eastern European, and Jewish cuisines, enriching regional dishes, decadent desserts, and spice mixes.