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Nevertheless, trees bearing mature durians are dangerous because the fruit is heavy, armed with sharp thorns, and can fall from a significant height. Hardhats are worn when collecting the fruit. A common saying is that a durian has eyes, and can see where it is falling, because the fruit supposedly never falls during daylight hours when people ...
In English it goes by common names like isu, durian lai, oxyleyanus durian, [3]: 563 Durian Hutan, Durian, [1] and Durian meragang. [5]: 270 The native names include: durian beludu in Malaysia; [6] durian daun in Sumatra; [1] durian sukang or simply sukang in Brunei and Sabah; [7] [8] and kerantongan or kerantungan in Kalimantan.
Durio graveolens, sometimes called the red-fleshed durian, [7] orange-fleshed durian, or yellow durian, [8] is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae. [9] It is one of six species of durian named by Italian naturalist Odoardo Beccari. [10]
Durio zibethinus is the most common tree species in the genus Durio that are known as durian and have edible fruit also known as durian.. As with most other durian species, the edible flesh emits a distinctive odour that is strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact.
The Food Defect Action Levels: Levels of Natural or Unavoidable Defects in Foods That Present No Health Hazards for Humans is a publication of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition [1] detailing acceptable levels of food contamination from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, "foreign matter", mold, rodent hairs, and insect ...
Here’s what three food safety experts recommend. Why is storing produce in jars a cause for concern? There are a few potential things to have on your radar here.
We've rounded up ten dangerous food challenges, from ridiculous dares that'll leave you feeling uncomfortable, to say the least, to deadly delicacies being served around the world.
An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.