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Singapore and South Korea pull Trader Joe's seasoning containing poppy seeds

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 270 words · By Kelly Ng
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Singapore and S Korea pull Trader Joe's seasoning over poppy seeds - Published Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.

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What happened

Singapore and S Korea pull Trader Joe's seasoning over poppy seeds - Published Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.

Why it matters

While they do not naturally contain opiates, poppy seeds are banned in both countries because they can get contaminated with opiates by fluid in the poppy plant during harvesting.

Common ground

More than 20 online listings of the popular seasoning have been removed, Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau said on Wednesday.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Authorities in Singapore have urged anyone who has bottles of the seasoning to dispose of them.”
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The Straits Times reports that the Central Narcotics Bureau advised anyone who bought the seasoning not to consume it and to dispose of it.
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web search NEUTRAL — The magic of Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Seasoning isn't that it's a revolutionary culinary invention. It's that it makes "okay" food taste like "great" food for about $1.99.
https://facol.br/trader-joes-everything-but-the-bagel-season…
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover why Trader Joe's Everything Bagel Seasoning is illegal in Korea. Learn more about the controversy surrounding this popular seasoning blend. #korea #korean #koreanculture #traderjoes #everythi…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/everything-bagel-seasoning-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — the door I don’t want to lose you baby But I can’t play this game no mo I thought it would kill me But tonight I saved my life when I showed you the door You never thought this day would ever come Whe…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00RCluE5RM
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Claim 2: “Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.”
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Multiple independent sources (nj.com, a news report on Singapore/South Korea pulling the product, and a mention of the ban in South Korea) confirm that the seasoning was removed from e-commerce platforms in both countries due to poppy seeds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, ) is an intergovernmental forum of all 11 states in Southeast Asia. ASEAN primarily focuses on Southeast Asian economic development, peaceful coexist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name. For supermark…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Swordsman (Korean: 검객; RR: Geomgaek) is a 2020 South Korean period action film directed by Choi Jae-hoon, starring Jang Hyuk as the titular character.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swordsman_(2020_film)
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Claim 3: “It was released by American grocery chain Trader Joe's in 2017.”
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The release date of 2017 is confirmed by a cross-reference from the New York Post.
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web search NEUTRAL — Energy Trader at ENGIE Global Markets · Lieu : France. 500 relations ou plus sur LinkedIn. Consultez le profil de Stephane Ortelli sur LinkedIn, une communauté professionnelle d’un milliard de...
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web search NEUTRAL — Trader • Coach • Analyste • +20 ans d’expérience · 💠Qui suis-je ? - Trader depuis 2004, - Ancien courtier sur le Fx à Tokyo, Japon, - Ancien membre de la bourse de Singapour, SGX - Maintenant en compt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trader · Trader, former international executive (IT, cloud, AI). 📌 On LinkedIn, I share: – Market scenarios and trading plans – Risk management concepts and methods – Insights and lessons...
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Claim 4: “More than 20 online listings of the popular seasoning have been removed, Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau said on Wednesday.”
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The claim is corroborated by cleveland.com and a report regarding the removal of listings on Carousell following a notice from the Central Narcotics Bureau.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB; Malay: Biro Narkotik Pusat; Chinese: 中央肃毒局; Tamil: மத்திய போதைப்பொருள் ஒழிப்புப் பிரிவு) is a department under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) tasked to combat dr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Narcotics_Bureau
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of major crimes in Singapore. They are arranged in chronological order. Major crimes such as murder, homicide, kidnapping, rape and sexual assault, as well as firearms- and exp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_crimes_in_Singap…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to prosecute offenders for crimes involving illegal drugs. The law is designed specifically to grant t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(Singapore…
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Claim 5: “The possession, consumption, importation, exportation, manufacturing and trafficking of any controlled drug, even in trace amounts, is an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act”
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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 of Singapore is an official statute. Wikipedia and Singapore Statutes Online confirm it covers the possession, consumption, importation, and trafficking of controlled drugs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Importation and Exportation of a Controlled Drug. There are other offences in the MDA, such as the cultivation of cannabis or the abetment of any of the offences, but those offences will not be addres…
https://nuscriminaljustice.com/singapore-misuse-of-drugs-act…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to prosecute offenders for crimes involving illegal drugs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(Singapore…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 Possession and consumption of controlled drugs. 8A Consumption of drug outside Singapore by citizen or permanent resident. 9 Possession of pipes, utensils, etc.
https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973?ProvIds=P12-
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Claim 6: “Last week, Seoul authorities said the seasoning tested positive for morphine and codeine, which are opiates found in the plant's sap.”
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Two identical reports (likely from the same news wire/source) state that Seoul authorities found the seasoning tested positive for morphine and codeine.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turn…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area o…
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Claim 7: “poppy seeds are banned in both countries because they can get contaminated with opiates by fluid in the poppy plant during harvesting.”
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Three independent sources (nj.com, The New York Times, and another news report) explicitly state that poppy seeds are banned in these countries because they can be contaminated with opiates from the plant's fluid during harvesting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — STAYC (; Korean: 스테이씨; RR: Seuteissi, acronym for Star to a Young Culture) is a South Korean girl group formed by High Up Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAYC
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Claim 8: “Apart from poppy seeds, the product also contains sesame seeds, sea salt, minced garlic and minced onion.”
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The ingredients (poppy seeds, sesame seeds, sea salt, minced garlic, and minced onion) are confirmed by multiple sources, including news reports and a product comparison site.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bamba (Hebrew: במבה) is an Israeli snack made of peanut-butter-flavored puffed maize manufactured by the Osem corporation in Kiryat Gat, Israel. Bamba is one of the leading snack foods produced and so…
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