date:Mar 26, 2014
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Reports indicate that formaldehyde is being used by mushroom growers in some countries to keep a species of fruit fly (Drosophila) from invading the mushrooms.
A 2003 U.S. Department of Agriculture study on formaldehyde levels in raw shiitake mushrooms from China and the U.K. found that the levels observed were the result of natural production by this type of mushroom. However, cooking the mushrooms for at least six minutes caused a significant reducti