Mandatory Almond Pasteurization In US & Canada In 2007
*All Almonds will be Pasteurized starting 2007!
No label allowing "truly raw almonds"
Almonds labeled as "Raw Almonds" will still have been pasteurized!
The FDA, USDA and the California Almond Board has developed a marketing
order which mandates that all almonds must be pasteurized. This came
about because " two outbreaks of salmonella, associated with
conventional farms several years ago". Industry has now overreacted in
grand fashion and they do not even know it yet.
No outbreaks have been associated with raw organic almonds to date that
we are aware of.
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