Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel seasoning mix, a pantry item with a cult following in the U.S., has been banned in South Korea over one ingredient.
Airports in South Korea have begun cracking down on a 2022 restriction of an American pantry favorite: Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel seasoning. The savory seasoning blend, which contains sesame seeds, garlic, onion and sea salt flakes, has been under massive scrutiny lately due to one key ingredient: poppy seeds. South Korea has deemed the popular item as contraband due to the seeds coming from pods that contain opium, and the plant is used to create drugs such as morphine and codeine.
To prevent potentially contaminated poppy seeds from entering the country, South Korea has increased airport confiscations among its international travelers in recent weeks. FOX Business reached out to Trader Joe's for comment, but they did not immediately respond. According to the country’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, South Korea began cracking down on the distribution of contaminated seeds around 2019 in the wake of a dozen American deaths. While South Korea has banned the item, there have also been mixed messages about the Trader Joe’s product in the United States. In 2023, the U.S. Defense Department advised service members to also avoid eating foods with the seasoning mix as consumers could test positive for codeine in a urine test.
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