i guess yeah just smell that america may be the land of the free but it's also a country of rules
and there are actually a number of rules when it comes to food here are 15 foods
you are not allowed to eat in the u.s you guys enjoying that cheese it's unpasteurized haggis
perhaps you'll change your mind when you try their signature haggis enchiladas wikipedia
might describe haggis as a savory pudding but it certainly doesn't sound very savory to many people
outside of the united kingdom can anyone guess the secret ingredient haggis is a traditional
scottish sheep meal that involves cooking the heart liver and lungs minced with onion
oatmeal suet spices and salt mixed with stock and then all that is cooked encased in sheep's stomach
and while a visit to scotland might not be complete without trying the dish while within the
united states borders haggis isn't something you can try even if you wanted to since 1971 the dish
has been banned in the country well technically the dish itself wasn't banned foods containing
sheep lungs were banned due to the fact that fluids such as stomach acid and phlegm could
enter the lung during slaughter and unfortunately for haggis sheep lungs make up a good 10 to 15
of the dish beluga caviar you're taking all the caviar that caviar is a garnish does it get any
fancier than caviar and when it comes to caviar the fish roe from the beluga sturgeon who swim in
the caspian sea has always been considered top of the line luxury stuff it's beluga and back in 2004
you could go to a fancy restaurant in the united states or an upscale market and get your hands
and mouth on some and do so without breaking the law but all that changed in 2005 when due to the
endangered status of the sturgeon the u.s fish and wildlife service banned the import of all beluga
products from the caspian sea but wait for caviar lovers in the united states all is not lost just a
couple of years ago sturgeon aqua farms in florida started producing beluga caviar from their farm
sturgeon the company was given an exemption from the law when they agreed not to rely on stock
from the caspian sea and to help restore wild beluga populations japanese puffer fish poison
what is a japanese puffer fish well fans of the simpsons will know it better as fugu and those
same fans will also understand why the fish is pretty much banned in the united states while
it might taste delicious and it is a delicacy in places it is also highly toxic and filled
with poison that can paralyze and kill anyone who consumes it maybe next time desean in order to eat
this fish it must be expertly prepared so as to remove all of the toxins a task so difficult that
chefs need a special license and intense training to master the skill so even if you wanted to order
this dish at a restaurant in america you would be hard pressed to find a place to do so even
if doing your best homer simpson impression and asking the staff to fugue me consuming the fish
in the u.s is illegal except for a few sellers who are permitted to have a license casu marzu
while kasumarzu is readily enjoyed in sardinia italy this cheese often called rotten cheese
is banned in america and other places as well although when you hear what is in the cheese
you might not be interested in eating it even if it was available to you the cheese is made
from unpasteurized sheep's milk but here's where it gets gross the cheese contains the larvae of
a particular fly they are there because they help with the pasteurization process but it's not like
they're removed once they do their job the cheese is actually served with the maggots inside it oh
yeah ew gross right guys seems to make sense why it's banned in many places for health reasons
wouldn't you agree bordellon i'd go classic french orderlan the ordellon is a tiny little bird about
the size of a thumb back in the day this little delicacy was served by the french to royals and
the wealthy not coo in 1979 the eu declared the bird to be a protected species but it wasn't until
1999 that france made it illegal to sell the bird in the country the united states has also made the
selling and importation of the ordellon illegal but as fans of billions saw in season three if you
have enough money then it isn't impossible to get your hands and mouth on a little cooked ortalon
but for the rest of us we will just have to know that it is one bite we will never be having
aki whoa whoa well don't tell me you're thinking about eating the forbidden fruit that's exactly
what i'm thinking the ackee fruit is native to west africa and is the national fruit of jamaica
the ackee is pear-shaped and as it ripens it opens itself up to reveal three large
black seeds partially surrounded by soft creamy or spongy white to yellow flesh this flesh has
the texture of scrambled eggs and gives off a nutty flavor this fleshy part known as the
arils is said to be quite delicious when ripe and cooked properly the problem comes when the acne is
unripened it is at that point that the fruit is said to contain a fairly significant amount of
soapberry toxins which cause an uptick in glucose levels to the point that a person's blood sugar
level could drop to dangerous levels pass yeah that is why it is illegal to import the ackee
fruit into the united states but you can always go to jamaica if you want to get a taste sassafras
oil once big oil always big oil the sassafras tree itself is not illegal and in fact is native
to eastern north america as well as eastern asia also the root bark of the plant has a tradition of
medicinal use by native americans up until 1960 the sassafras tree's oil wasn't illegal either
and at one time it was even used in root beer root beer is super water but in 1960 the oil was banned
by the fda for two reasons one being that the oil can be used to make psychoactive party drugs
also a compound in the oil safrol is a potential carcinogen the ban is pretty specific though an
extract from the root bark is still okay as long as it doesn't contain the cancer-causing saffrol
sea turtles i like turtles okay there was a time when eating turtle soup was a thing in
fact as recently as 2007 it was estimated that in california alone people were consuming 35 000 sea
turtles every year why but not anymore or if they are they are doing it illegally given the appetite
for the creature in california and elsewhere sea turtles eventually became endangered while that
is a sad fact the good news for the turtles is that they have been given legal protection in the
united states under the endangered species act who knows what will happen if and when the sea turtle
population grows out of its endangered designation will the united states once again allow
the animals consumption we don't know but what we do know is that for now you would be breaking the
law if you ate sea turtles in the country of course you sell me horse blood no would
you like to buy horse blood no there are many countries around the world where people consume
horse meat however currently the united states isn't one of them at least not legally the banning
of horse meat for consumption is probably a more recent occurrence than you might have thought not
that grocery stores were filling the meat section with horse but up until the early 2000s eating it
in america was technically legal however by the middle of the decade animal activists started
voicing concerns over the sale of horse meat leading to congress passing a law defunding the
inspectors for horse slaughterhouses and since it is illegal in the united states to sell any meat
that has not been inspected people in america can no longer legally buy horse meat it's for
the best many states also have their own laws completely prohibiting the slaughter of horses
shark fins fish are friends not food have you ever seen a shark in the ocean swimming around with its
fin cut off no you haven't because once their fins are cut off the shark doesn't usually live
much longer which is why the finning of sharks is illegal in u.s waters because to get the fins
for shark fin soup fishermen will catch a shark cut the fin off and then toss it overboard back
into the ocean it's a horrible thing to witness i'm very disappointed in you however although
finning is banned only 12 of the 50 states have also gone and banned the actual sale of shark fins
meaning you can still eat them if you can stomach it and if you happen to be in one of the states
that allow it and if you're eating shark fin soup at a restaurant and want enough to share with the
table just tell the waiter that you're going to need a bigger bowl red fish you like seafood do
you in 1980 famed new orleans chef paul prudhomme published his recipe for blackened redfish this
was before the food network social media and tick-tock recipe crazes but prodom's blackened
redfish still became a sensation so much so that the fish became a huge seller across the country
it is the best six years later in 1986 the commerce department began closing down redfish
fisheries and limiting the sale of them as well in order to try and repopulate the species these
days the sale of redfish for profit is banned in all states except for mississippi many states even
have rules regulating the catching of the fish for personal use as well foie gras we'll have the
we're not saying that foie gras isn't delicious it's been a delicacy of french cooking forever
and you've likely seen it on the menu at one fancy restaurant or another however its yumminess
isn't the issue instead the problem is how it is made you see to make foie gras ducks
or geese are force-fed grain until their liver swells up shame on you this makes life very
unpleasant for the birds but the fatty liver is the delicious foie gras many crave because of
the awful cruelty involved in the process the city of chicago actually banned the stuff for two years
between 2006 and 2008. more recently in 2020 the entire state of california banned the dish
the ban on foie gras hasn't reached nationwide levels yet but california may be the push needed
for advocates to get it banned across the board one day unpasteurized milk what's in right now
beef milk for the uninitiated pasteurization is the process by which items such as milk are
partially sterilized in order to kill off bacteria and make it safe for human consumption according
to the fda milk that hasn't been pasteurized is 150 times more likely to cause foodborne illness
than dairy products that have gone through the pasteurization process and because of that there
are 21 states in the union that have made the sale of unpasteurized milk illegal among the other 29
states some of them only allow small amounts to be sold directly from farms just a little bit i
can't stress the littleness of it enough and while canada also has rules against unpasteurized milk
canadians can legally purchase unpasteurized cheese while the united states has a ban
on that product as well chilean sea bass fish for sport only not for meat you might be thinking to
yourself wait a minute the other day i went to a restaurant and ordered the chilean sea bass did
i do something illegal yeah maybe you see there are two kinds of chilean sea bass certified and
uncertified because of overfishing the population of the fish has declined and it has become
endangered and with that many countries around the world have instituted laws and regulations to help
restore the numbers in the united states the fda gives special permission to certain boats who are
allowed to fish and catch chilean sea bass as for the uncertified stuff caught without regulatory
approval well those fish are banned throughout the country and it isn't just the united states
there are more than 20 other countries around the world with similar bans on this endangered fish
mangosteen that's a dangerous fruit it's like a weapon i think some of the foods on this list
are banned because they are dangerous and some are banned because they're rare the mangosteen
falls into neither of these categories the purple mangosteen is a fruit from thailand that
until 2007 was banned across the country there's nothing dangerous about the fruit but authorities
were fearful that there would be some unwanted passengers on the fruit namely asian fruit flies
which could have big repercussions if they were to flourish in america great joy so what happened
in 2007 well the united states lifted the ban on the fruit and has since allowed the importation of
mangosteens into the country what about the fruit flies well now when they import the fruit they
also irradiate it which will rid it of any fruit flies should they or their eggs be hanging around
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