Foods That Have Been Banned or Restricted in the United States

Stick figure Sam Miller of Sam O’Nella Academy explained why several different foods from abroad have either been banned or restricted in the United States.

Banned and Controversial Foods

This list includes Casu Marzu (an Italian maggot fermented cheese), shark fin soup (made with real shark fins), akee (a West African fruit that can be poisonous if not cooked correctly), bird’s nest soup (the hardened saliva of the swiftlet bird), and the ortolan (a small bird who is cruelly fattened and then drowned in brandy).