Do you need to wash packaged sesame seeds?

[Datel]

Do you need to wash packaged sesame seeds? In the same way, how one should wash buckwheat?

Or is that not necessary at all, does sesam come already clean?

 

[Emma JC]

Do you need to wash packaged sesame seeds? In the same way, how one should wash buckwheat?

Or is that not necessary at all, does sesam come already clean?

I can't imagine washing seeds.... they would just all clump together, no?

Emma JC
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[Lou]

Now I'm picturing little tiny clothes pins.

 

[silva]

I do rinse grains well, but never small seeds like that!
Now I feel I need to look up whether they get sprayed with glysophate-- like conventional oats

Can't find anything about sesame.
This is helpful--

Why Is Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Right Before Harvest? - EcoWatch

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, is recognized as the world's most widely used weed killer. What is not so well known is that farmers also use glyphosate on crops such as wheat, oats, edible beans and other crops right before harvest, raising concerns that the...

www.ecowatch.com

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[Datel]

I can't imagine washing seeds.... they would just all clump together, no?

Yes, a little bit, not too much. But if one mixes them with others it actually does not matter, I would think.

Now I'm picturing little tiny clothes pins.

To hang the sesame seeds on a line?

I do rinse grains well, but never small seeds like that!

I am quite sure for example bulgur, buckwheat (Neither of which I would have thought/known) have to be washed, because of contamination / dust in the field, etc., if I remember correctly. It could also contain foreign bodies, such as stones. I had found informatione about that, but nothing about sesame.

Many thanks for the link. So washing those kinds of products seems to be a very good idea obviously. But what about sesame?

Maybe solely the (risk of) contamination of sesame from neighboring animal farms would be a reason for washing. I assume there is no process that cleans them when / after harvesting them.

I do worry that you're obsessing too much. When your concerns take over too much of your mind it can be more problematic than healthy

No, no, not too much...well, perhaps quite a little too much.

 

[Lou]

Uh oh.
one web site said that after washing you should toast them.

Food Safety Governance and Guardianship: The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing the EU Ethylene Oxide Incident

Sesame seeds within the European Union (EU) are classified as foods not of animal origin. Two food safety issues associated with sesame seeds have emerged in recent years, i.e., Salmonella contamination and the presence of ethylene oxide. Fumigation with ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Datel]

Ah, I forgot, I did found information on sesam to be washed, but without a reason for that. And yes, after washing the sesame is heated, roasted there as well.

So it looks like washing sesame is a good idea as well. Or not? Unless you knew they came from the EU. But even then you wouldn't know whether they would be affected by neighboring fields / neighboring animal husbandry.