Question about Mexican Vanilla

[Nancy R. Hudson]

There was not much input from the group on this topic. However, I was able to
locate a few interesting comments on the following websites.  The last
cited is
probably the best.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~robsond/solutions/nutrition/docs/janan198.html
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia2807.html
http://www.frontierherb.com/spices/notes/spices.notes.no1.html


At 08:49 PM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote:

>Last year I called the Mexican Embassy and Food and Drug Administration and 

>they didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with the vanilla. I think 

>the chemical in question is coumarin--the bottle of vanilla I have from 

>Mexico says coumarin free on the bottle.

>I have found no data though

>Good luck with your search and keep us posted if you find out anything

>

>Dianne Stauffer R.D. M.Ed

>Family and Consumer Science Instructor 

>Lebanon High School

>1000 South Eighth Street

>Lebanon, PA 17042

>717-273-9391  

> 

Nancy R. Hudson, MS, RD
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of California
119 Morgan Hall
 Berkeley, CA 94720-3104
Phone 510/642-4090
Fax 510/642-0535 
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