[Sca-cooks] Ambargris Pudding & Other Perfumed Foods

[Daniel Myers]

> -------- Original Message --------
> From: "Sarah O'Connor" <strangewayes at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, September 20, 2011 4:20 pm
> 
> True ambergris is banned from use in the US, as it is an animal product from
> species that are federally protected under the Endangered Species
> Conservation Act of 1969 and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.


According to Wikipedia, in the US the sale of ambergris "... has been
legal since 2005 because of strict monitoring of distributors who ensure
that only ambergris that has been naturally washed to shore is sold."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris

- Doc