According to new information released by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the consumption of apricot kernels could result cyanide poisoning.

Apricots contain a naturally-occurring compound known as amygdalin. The compound lives inside apricot kernels and converts to cyanide after it enters the human body.

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