New Almond Law to Take Effect Sept. 1

Posted August 24, 2007
File under: almond, nutrition, nuts

If you regularly consume almonds as snacks, you may want to purchase them before the new USDA almond law takes into effect. Starting Sept. 1, almonds grown in California (which is 80% of the almonds grown in the US) may be sprayed with a toxic chemical called propylene oxide for pasteurization. See MSDS sheet below. This applies to raw almonds as well. Raw almonds sprayed this way will still be called raw almonds, not as pasteurized almonds. Caveat emptor!

To avoid propylene oxide after Sept. 1, buy from selected places.

http://www.cornucopia.org/almond/Almond_News_Release.pdf
http://www.physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/PR/propylene_oxide.html

FYI, almonds are a good source of Vitamin E (alpha). For longer storage, almonds maybe kept in the fridge and double bag your containers to avoid other strong odors.

4 Comments so far

  1. NJMom @ August 24th, 2007

    Thanks for the info! I love almonds!

  2. daycarefool @ August 24th, 2007

    good to know that tid bit
    like to eat almonds, well any nut will do
    have a good weekend

    Nat

  3. aggal73 @ August 24th, 2007

    That is pretty disturbing. Thanks for the information!!!

  4. bebe @ August 24th, 2007

    WHAT!!! Now I am really mad. What is being done to our food!! Raw spinach must be scrubbed and still taking a chance when you eat it! Some leaf lettuces, some tomatoes, canned french cut green beans, etc. etc Cadbury chocolate in England. Cough syrup FOR CHILDREN fron China! My nephew comes up and shows me the sites to check regularily for foods. “Only the paranoid Survive”. Thanks, Marge

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