Beware of the poppy seed bagel

This woman must have been in trouble previously with social services for drug use as part of a child abuse/neglect case. I don't think it is procedural for new mothers to be drug tested without a reason.

Leave my poppy seeds alone!!!

And along the same lines, leave hemp production alone, too!

Respond to the first post: Did you mean tool or fool??

Hmmm...nothing quite like bubulki at Christmas time. Which is of course a traditional Slovak dish consisting of ground poppy seeds, bread, and honey.

Leave my poppy seeds alone, thankyouverymuch!

Please check your source for numbers, can you really print that there are 30 Billion seeds on a single bagel?

The poppy seed and drug testing stories have been around since the 90's. This isn't anything new. So, we should give up poppy seeds?? Maybe, just maybe people should give up the coke and crack. This is just stupid!!

Prescription medications can also lead to false positives and not just the obvious ones you would think of like Vicodin or Xanax. Protonix is for GERD (really bad heartburn) and it will cause a false positive for cannaboids (pot) so it is really important to disclose all meds you are on not just the ones you think will show up on a urine drug screen.

I seriously doubt one poppy seed bagel could raise the red flag on a drug test. Something is missing from this story. Millions of people love the "everything " bagel ( with poppy seeds), poppy seed muffins and cakes. No need to make it a villain in the seed world. If this is a real concern, doctors should advise their pregnant patients in advance.

Thank you, Rebecca! Exactly! Instead of harping on the ridiculousness of DCF and their actions or the technology that IS available for drug-testing, you suggest we should do with one less item on an everything bagel? You have got to be kidding me! The issue with DCF is NOT the bagel, it is their ham-handed practices and complete lack of common sense. Arguing that we allow them to continue on their merry way and not be held accountable for their stupidity is absolutely wrong.

What kind of employer fires an otherwise decent employee over a drug-test based on a freakin' bagel?

Yes, lets all give up yet one more little thing in an effort to allow the government easier access to control every aspect of our lives.

And poppyseeds aren't just for bagels! They are involved in many other recipes, including a brussels- sprouts Thanksgiving staple.

The entire thought process behind this article is completely flawed.

Poppy seed cake is a staple for me (Hungarian) and when made correctly probably has enough poppy seeds to get a false positve even in the Federal tests! Improve the tests and leave the poppies to those who love them!

Well I happen to love poppy seed muffins, they taste delicious, and I work for a company that does random drug tests regularly. What you don't mention is that most people who receive a false positive due to their choice of muffin (or bagel in this case), can clear it up relatively quickly. My boss happens to know about my love for the poopy seed muffins, so I'm not too concerned about a false positive.

IF you have chemo you will always show a level of barbituates in your system. My mother had it in 2001 and 5 years later getting a drug test for a new job showed barbituates. I am the one that figured it out and she did get the job but not after totally freaking out over the situation.

Love poppy seeds & their crunchiness.

I don't care about poppy seed bagels. But I'm Czech and we make these pastries called kolaches and the poppy seed ones are to DIE for. Poppy seeds are ground and mixed with sugar and spices and cooked into a filling for a sweet dough pastry. I would NEVER be able to give those up.

There was a Seinfeld episode that covered this too. Elaine tested positive was opiates and she realized it was from her poppy seed bagels.

Um....HARSH!

Actually Piper, poppy seeds DO have a taste, and are important to the cultural pastries, breads and other foods of certain European countries. I'm proud of my Czech heritage and celebrate it by making a type of pastry called kolaches that contain a delicious poppy seed filling.

yes they do drug test new mothers at the hospital they did it to my friend with no record

Wendy- I completely agree! My fiance' takes Protonix when his GERD becomes horrible, and both my children are prescribed for Zantac (children) for the same condition. His information from his Protonix shows side effects and other information about it. That is why at the bottom of a drug tests they ask what medications you are currently taking.
Curious- Rebecca meant Tool, I'm sure.
There are two ladies who post on Yahoo! Shine that are a bit snarky lately aren't there?
Running out of stories, ladies?

if someone took my newborn away it would be over my dead body! that is bull bunk! oh the ways id sue them... over a friggen bagel! no the bagel isnt the issue, the drug test is.... and yeah watch the mythbusters when they test the poppy seeds....

Then don't have random drug tests, or at least tell people in advance so that they do not eat poppy seed stuff.