Not to say anything about quinoa specifically, but as is well known, the sephardim frequently engage in elaborate rituals to ensure that their rice is chometz-free. Stories abound about women sitting around a table all day, checking batch after batch of rice three times each. Obviously, the issue of cross-contamination is real for certain grains. That the sephardim elected to deal with the issue through rigorous personal checking, and ashkenazim elected to deal with it through avoidance, is immaterial. Someone who elects to deal with it by pretending that there’s no problem at all (with problematic grains) doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
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