Actually I seem to remember someone actually doing a study of the
narcotic content of poppy seeds (it just goes to show what you can
get published in the journals) - I think it was because clients were
claiming their positive urine tests were due to eating bakery
products thus decorated:
A Taiwan bagel shop owner has been convicted of a drug offence for
using a type of poppy seed imported from the US.
The Taiwan High Court found the seeds were illegal under the
country's drugs laws because of their links to an opium-producing
plant.
An earlier verdict which found Chuo Liu Ching-ti not guilty of
importing opium poppy seeds was overturned and she was given a
three-month suspended sentence.
Ms Chuo, 66, who owns the Marco Polo Bakery in Taipei, brought over
22kg of poppy seeds in January 2000 from a US firm.
She said customers requested the seeds she understood were popular in
the US. She did not realise they were classed as an illegal substance
in Taiwan, reports The Taipei Times.
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