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TJ's "Everything but the Bagel" seasoning: Travel alert

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South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has the bagel seasoning on its list of “hazardous foods purchased overseas” — and in recent weeks, some South Koreans who have had it confiscated at the airport have warned other Trader Joe’s aficionados about the consequences of bringing it in.

 

South Korean law classifies poppy seeds — an ingredient in the seasoning — as a narcotic, meaning possession is punishable by up to five years in prison or a fine of about $36,000. While punishment is rare, it seems those coming to the country will have to bring anything but Everything but the Bagel.

 

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the soaring popularity of Trader Joe’s in a region where people carry the chain’s totes as a fashion statement.

 

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2 hours ago, Alex said:

South Korean law classifies poppy seeds — an ingredient in the seasoning — as a narcotic

 

As do a number of countries.

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6 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

As do a number of countries.

 

Yes, that's mentioned in the linked article.

 

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other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore also have restrictions on them

 

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"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

A king can stand people's fighting, but he can't last long if people start thinking. -Will Rogers, humorist

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