Adulteration of Spices Special application to kosher food, especially for Passover (when even minute traces of gluten are not allowed)

1. SPICES
ADULTERATION
Dangerous?
Avoidable?

2. CFIA

3. SPECIAL APPLICATION:
Processed Foods on Pesach
Stringency with or without a reason?

4. 1946 – Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Hagadah
“For many years our custom has
been to avoid using Ginger and
Cinnamon [for charoses] due to
the concern that chometz is
mixed in [e.g. wheat].”

5. CINNAMON
“Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics” p. 208

6. GINGER

7. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12987244

8. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/08/six-brands-of-turmeric-added-to-recall-for-excessive-lead/

9. SAFFRON

10. Nothing New Under the Sun:
SAFFRON
“The Rashba (1235 – 1310)
avoided saffron, because in his
country they would sprinkle much
wine on it, as well as mix in
strands of dried meat.”
Code of Jewish Law, YD 114:12

11. DIFFICULT TO AVOID ADULTERATION

12. ASTA – American Spice Trade Association

13. ASTA – American Spice Trade Association

16. https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2019/01001/A_
Spoonful_of_Lead___A_10_Year_Look_at_Spices_as_a.1
1.aspx?PRID_JPHMP_PR_120418