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There's also mustard oil, which is banned for human consumption in the US due to fears about erucic acid. Mustard oil is one of the most common cooking oils in
by atombender 6y ago
There's also mustard oil, which is banned for human consumption in the US due to fears about erucic acid.
Mustard oil is one of the most common cooking oils in India and Pakistan. As a result, all mustard oil in the US is labeled "for external use only". People still use it for cooking.
- messe 6y ago> There's also mustard oil, which is banned for human consumption in the US due to fears about erucic acid. Fun snippet from the wikipedia page on Mustard Oil: "Rats are unusual in their inability to process erucic acid, and the symptoms in rats caused by a diet with high levels of erucic acid has not been observed in pigs, primates, or any other animals" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_oil
- GordonS 6y ago> As a result, all mustard oil in the US is labeled "for external use only" Huh, same in the UK too - I wondered why on earth it would say that on a bottle of mustard oil, now I know!