I just learned that the FDA, USDA and California Almond Board have announced that beginning in September of 2007 all almonds will have to be pasteurized...even organic. After this pasteurization the almonds can still be labeled as raw. This is direct deception to the public. I personally prefer raw nuts of all kinds to the cooked ones. The raw almond (as well as all other nuts) have valuable oils in them that oxidize faster once the nut is pasteurized or rather cooked. This causes the nut to have a shorter shelf life and less health benefits.
Is the FDA just trying to find a way to up the sell of almonds by making then go bad faster so that you have to buy them more often? They say that there have been some cases of salmonella regarding raw almonds...well, it has happened with raw veggies as well. So, is all of our fresh produce going to be removed from the market because it too will have to be pasteurized? This doesn't seem fair or logical. Then the deception that will be occurring afterwards is completely offensive. These cooked nuts should never again be allowed to be marketed as being raw because that is something that they will never again be.
This is going into effect for Canada, Mexico and America. Here is a link to sign a petition to halt this effort: Almond pasteurization is Wrong. Please take the time to go there and sign this as it is only a matter of time before all of our healthy choices for foods are removed by the very agencies that are supposed to protect us.
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