[driftdiver]

There have been reports to show you would have to eat around 5 poppy seed bagels every day for it to show up on a test.

[srmorton]

That is not accurate. A former co-worker of mine who definitely does NOT do drugs tested positive after having one poppy seed bagel from Dunkin Donuts just prior to having her drug screen done. I am also a Medical Laboratory Technician instructor at our local community college and some of our students are required to have drug screens in order to complete their hospital training. We ALWAYS caution them about this possibility. These tests are simply screening tests and, while accurate, can not distinguish between metabolites from poppy seeds and those from illegal drugs. My friend repeated her test and it was negative. Had the mother in question had the test repeated prior to leaving the hospital, it would most likely have been negative also.

[Kegger]

Mythbusters - Fail a drug test by eating poppy seeds?

[CynicalBear]

>>There have been reports to show you would have to eat around 5 poppy seed bagels every day for it to show up on a test.<<

That is not true. My daughter is a nurse and has seen many instances where eating a muffin or bagel with poppy seeds does indeed produce a positive in tests. I owned a trucking company and we knew not to eat them because if a random drug test is performed, which it often is, we could test positive.