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New York City Bans Use of Activated Charcoal in Food and Drink-Serving Establishments

posted by mrpg on Monday June 11 2018, @05:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the but-coal-is-ok dept.

takyon writes:

And Just Like That, Goth-Friendly Charcoal Foods Were Canceled

It turns out those highly Instagrammable, pitch-black "goth" foods were far edgier than we could have ever imagined. According to a new report in Eater, the Department of Health says that activated charcoal is currently banned from all food- and drink-serving establishments in NYC. A spokesperson for DOH told Eater that the rule isn't new, but enforcement has increased.

Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream, that NYC ice cream shop that caused a mini frenzy in 2016 over their popular jet-black ice cream, reportedly had to dump "$3,000 worth of product during a routine inspection," per owner Nick Morgenstern. The ice cream shop posted a cryptic Instagram in late May that hinted something was afoot. The ice cream, which they've been making since 2015, uses coconut ash—a form of activated charcoal. "I don't see any evidence that this is actually a question of public health safety," Morganstern told Eater. "I would challenge someone to identify the public health safety risk of that ingredient."

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday June 11 2018, @06:55AM (8 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday June 11 2018, @06:55AM (#691304) Homepage Journal

    They make it in a pill, they call it the fart pill. I took it on Cinco de Mayo because I ate A LOT of Hispanic. And Hispanic makes you fart. Makes you go "TRUMP!" As everybody knows. Let me tell you, it was NOT GREAT. Going to try the probiotic!!!

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 11 2018, @08:15AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 11 2018, @08:15AM (#691313) Journal

    You ate a lot of Hispanic? So, THAT'S WHY you're not going after the illegals. You're eating them. Is it still cannibalism when and orange guy eats browns?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by RS3 on Monday June 11 2018, @12:06PM

      by RS3 (6367) on Monday June 11 2018, @12:06PM (#691360)

      Is it still cannibalism when an orange guy eats browns?

      Difficult to answer, it's a gray area...

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by tangomargarine on Monday June 11 2018, @03:49PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Monday June 11 2018, @03:49PM (#691440)

      Is it still cannibalism when and orange guy eats browns?

      Cut him some slack; he was just so hungry and then he accidentally the whole thing.

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      "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Monday June 11 2018, @10:55AM (4 children)

    by driverless (4770) on Monday June 11 2018, @10:55AM (#691343)

    I ate A LOT of Hispanic.

    I had a friend who ate a lot of Asian. Even married one of them eventually.

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @12:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @12:37PM (#691368)

      Speaking of Asians, why do Japanese girls squeak when they are getting railed in their pornos? They sound like a dog's chew toy.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Monday June 11 2018, @01:14PM (2 children)

      by Bot (3902) on Monday June 11 2018, @01:14PM (#691374) Journal

      You mean 8 as in while having 6?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @02:36PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @02:36PM (#691404)

        Guru meditation & lp0 on fire