But because drug tests are exquisitely sensitive, consuming certain poppy seed food products can lead to positive urine drug test results for opiates – specifically for morphine, codeine or both.

March 17, 2023 Can eating poppy seeds affect drug test results? An addiction and pain medicine specialist explains In most cases, opiate concentrations in urine are too low to produce a positive ...

If you've ever taken a drug test, you’ve probably heard the warnings about eating a poppy seed bagel beforehand. Or maybe you’ve seen the episode of Seinfeld where a poppy seed muffin causes ...

Pentagon warns troops to avoid eating poppy seeds, including those in bagels. The baked-good favorite can spark a false-positive drug test.

Poppy seeds — a staple on bagels and in pastries — are at the center of a stunning public health scare that has already cost lives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Tuesday, ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. "Somniferum" is Latin for "sleep-bringing," which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that depress ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. “Somniferum” is Latin for “sleep-bringing,” which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that ...

Poppy seeds can become contaminated with opiates during harvesting. For the US Defense Department, invoking a ‘poppy seed defense’ may not be enough to rule out a positive drug test result.

Officials are warning that natural poppy seeds can be contaminated with morphine and codeine, which can show up in drug tests.

The Defense Department warned military members in a memo that consuming poppy seeds could cause them to fail a drug test.

Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels and Zantac. Yet newborns are taken from parents based on the results.

The Department of Defense is warning military members to avoid baked good with poppy seeds because it might affect drug tests ...