Guest guest Posted March 11, 1999 Report Share Posted March 11, 1999 On 11 Mar 1999, Ugresa das wrote: > Devotees should be much more concerned of various fruit yoghurts, candies, > lipsticks etc. which contain cochineal** red as an coloring agent. In Europe > it has the E number 120 and is used extensively. > > ** cochineal: A red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female > cochineal insects. It is also used in Ocean Spray cranberry juice, and yet I've seen that in use by devotees. Prabhupada did not want us using canned or bottled juices; sometimes it takes years to get a good reason "why". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 1999 Report Share Posted March 11, 1999 > > > I also had another source of information, which confirmed several accidents > by honey poisoning. It's not so common, but if your area is full of > these herbs, it can cause a disease. Or in better case, you honey may be > spoiled by disgusting taste. Sorry, I cannot quote it, > I just remeber it in the corners of my memory. Also not a reliable memory but I seem to recall that rhododendron honey is poisonous. Of course, that is an early season honey that would usually be consumned by the bees in normal bee keeping. You would have to really go out of your way to get some, although I can imagine how it would happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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