From psyllium seeds to stoneware: FDA insures quality of imports. (Food and Drug Administration)

FDA Consumer | March 1, 1991| | Copyright

It's morning on the docks of Baltimore, and FDA inspectors Dean Cook and Lorraine Harvey, a list of products to be sampled in hand, set to work checking a truckload of burlap sacks of psyllium seed husks from India. The psyllium seed husks are used in making laxatives.

Using a special funnel-shaped tool, Cook and Harvey siphon a pound of seed from six different sacks, then re-seal the bags. The seed will be analyzed back in FDA's laboratory to check for insects and bird excreta, problems that have plagued psyllium seed husks from India.

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