I have 24 food allergies and have visited over 30 countries. A few rules have helped me enjoy meals safely while abroad.

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Chinese farmers across 14 towns are spraying industrial sulfur on wolfberries so they'd be 'red and beautiful:' state media

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A close-up shot of wolfberries, also known as goji berries, in the fingers of a human hand.
Wolfberries are popular in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.

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China is freaking out after discovering the 'open secret' that its cooking oil was ferried for years in chemical tanks that weren't cleaned

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A worker is working at a tank truck production workshop in Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province, April 28, 2024.
A worker is working at a tank truck production workshop in Fuyang city, East China's Anhui province, April 28, 2024.

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Bird flu particles were found in pasteurized milk. A former surgeon general says he isn't changing what he eats.

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Driver Tony Kanaan of Brazil takes the traditional drink of milk after winning the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Trader Joe's 6th food recall of the year is for one of its signature chicken dumplings

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Trader Joe's.

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Family Dollar has agreed to pay $42 million after storing food and medicine in a warehouse with a severe rodent infestation

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The FDA uncovered a severe rodent infestation in January 2022 at a Family Dollar warehouse. The photo does not show the warehouse in question.

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A man claimed that white powder on his Subway sandwich made his lips go numb. A manager at the store says it was just Parmesan.

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A Subway franchise restaurant in Barcelona, on August 7, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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A candy maker helped popularize canning by bottling everything from eel to eggs to peaches

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A cartoon depicting William Pitt, left, sitting at a table with Napoleon Bonaparte, right, both dressed in military uniform and hat, with each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world, with Pitt's slice larger than Napoleon's.
Napoleon wanted to conquer the world, but he lost thousands of soldiers to starvation, disease, and hypothermia.

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Chinese garlic is a threat to US national security and a 'severe public health concern,' senator says

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Florida Senator Rick Scott says that garlic imported from China has been fertilized with human feces.

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Is your food safe to eat? Why your wasabi, vanilla, and honey could be fake

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Hate to break it to you, but your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well, that's probably just a lab-made derivative of crude oil. And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside.

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