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Are Raw Almonds as Healthy as Before with Pasteurization Laws?
https://www.honeycolony.com/article/why-arent-our-almonds-as-healthy-as-before/
Aug 2, 2016 - The Almond Board now states, “Irradiation is not used to pasteurize any almonds,” which means that the use of PPO is no longer sanctioned by the Almond Board for organic almonds. If fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find almonds that have been irradiated using PPO these days.

The Killing of California Almonds (and why dead foods lead to dead ...
https://www.naturalnews.com/021989_almonds_raw.html
Aug 22, 2007 - As NewsTarget reported earlier this year, the Almond Board of California (ABC) has decided that all almonds grown in that state must be pasteurized, irradiated or otherwise killed, even when they're labeled "raw." This is necessary, the ABC tells us, for "safety reasons." But who's safety? Certainly not the ...

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