OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a recall of Apricot Power brand apricot seeds and apricot seed meal due to concerns about cyanide poisoning. The agency says the products, produced by the Markham, Ont.-based company Ecoideas Innovations Inc., contain the natural toxin amygdalin. The agency says the compound has the potential to release cyanide when the bitter apricot seed kernels are ingested. It says humans can “detoxify” small amounts of cyanide, but high amounts can be lethal. Symptoms of acute cyanide poisoning include headache, dizziness, confusion, weakness, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, seizures and coma.

Source: National Post June 02, 2019 13:41 UTC