According to the website of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, “in some case, the seeds sold for use in foods still have a significant amount of opium” on them. The amount “depends on how well the poppy seeds are cleaned and processed, which varies depending on the country the seeds are from and how and when they are harvested.” They recommend that athletes who a subject to drug tests abstain from poppy seeds for a few days before and during athletic competitions. Nevertheless, I don’t think the Russians were thrown out of the Olympics because they ate too many hamentaschen.
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