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One in all America’s hottest exports is prohibited in South Korea – Dealer Joe’s Every thing However the Bagel seasoning combine.

The mix, which is fashionable with influencers and recurrently noticed in recipes on TikTok, comprises salt, minced garlic, sesame seeds and poppy seeds – the final of which is banned in South Korea.

Vacationers arriving at Seoul’s Incheon Airport (ICN) just lately have reported seeing indicators particularly mentioning the Every thing However the Bagel seasoning combine not being permitted.

One poster on X, previously generally known as Twitter, shared a poster from the airport. The signal had an image of the seasoning combine and skim in Korean, “We wish to inform you that the next merchandise containing poppy seeds are restricted from being introduced into the nation as ‘Papaver Somniferum L,’ an ingredient of the poppy household designated as narcotic substance underneath South Korea’s narcotic medicine management legislation has been detected.”

“Seed merchandise with narcotic substances have at all times been banned from being introduced into Korea. Lately, the customs workplaces have been strengthening crackdown on narcotic associated objects,” an airport consultant informed CNN.

The poppy plant is an important supply for a similar compounds that are present in painkillers like codeine and morphine in addition to avenue medicine like heroin, though the seeds themselves don’t include any opiates.

Lately, a blogger on Korean web site Naver posted about their expertise bringing Dealer Joe’s merchandise again from the US to South Korea.

In a submit made on July 14, the blogger reported that she introduced again 20 bottles of the seasoning, which she discovered about on-line. Nevertheless, they got here out of the baggage conveyer belt with a yellow lock on them, and he or she needed to converse with airport officers to clarify why she had introduced the forbidden objects into the nation.

“There appears to be some confusion,” she wrote, including that different individuals from her flight additionally had their merchandise confiscated.

In the end, “I gave up the seasoning bottles after which I used to be let go,” she concluded.

And South Korea shouldn’t be the one nation with restrictions on poppy seeds.

In Singapore, the seeds are formally categorised as “prohibited items” by the Central Narcotics Bureau, however individuals who wish to carry them into the nation – whether or not in seed type or in meals merchandise – can apply for an exemption by the nation’s Well being Sciences Authority.

Final 12 months, the Pentagon issued a warning to members of the army that consuming poppy seeds may trigger a drug take a look at to come back again constructive.

“Out of an abundance of warning, I discover defending service members and the integrity of the drug testing program requires a warning to keep away from poppy seeds,” learn the memo.

Specialists say it could be all however unimaginable to eat sufficient poppy seeds to get excessive.

“Poppy seeds don’t have practically sufficient opiates to intoxicate you,” in line with an article printed by the College of Florida’s School of Medication. “However as a result of drug assessments are exquisitely delicate, consuming sure poppy seed meals merchandise can result in constructive urine drug take a look at outcomes for opiates – particularly for morphine, codeine or each.”

Nations in East Asia typically have very strict anti-drug guidelines and lengthy jail sentences for offenders. Singapore, for instance, nonetheless makes use of the dying penalty for drug trafficking offenses, together with for marijuana.

Final 12 months Hong Kong declared cannabidoil (CBD) a “harmful drug” on the identical stage as heroin and fentanyl. CBD is a chemical present in hemp and marijuana vegetation. It’s non-psychoactive, which means it gained’t get you excessive; as an alternative, CBD is usually marketed for every little thing from serving to to alleviate ache and irritation to lowering stress and nervousness.

Dealer Joe’s is a California-founded grocery retailer chain with greater than 500 places throughout the US.

In a 2023 ballot, prospects of Dealer Joe’s listed Every thing However the Bagel seasoning as one among their favourite merchandise.