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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the recall of Apricot Power apricot seeds and apricot meal due to concerns about poisoning. cyanide. One of the products is presented in a photo documentation. (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
Apricot Power brand apricot seeds recalled due to fear of cyanide poisoning
Symptoms include headache, confusion, breathing difficulties, abdominal pain, vomiting, convulsions and coma
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the recall of Apricot Power apricot seeds and apricot meal due to concerns about poisoning cyanide.
According to the agency, the products, manufactured by the company Ecoideas Innovations Inc., based in Markham, Ontario, contain the natural toxin amygdalin.
According to the agency, the compound could release cyanide when ingesting bitter apricot seed kernels.
He says humans can "detoxify" small amounts of cyanide, but large amounts can be deadly.
No diseases were badociated with the products, but officials said that anyone with the products at home should throw them away or bring them back to the point of sale.
The symptoms of acute cyanide intoxication are: headache, dizziness, confusion, weakness, breathing difficulties, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, convulsions and coma.
The Canadian press
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