cassava root

• Cassava Snack Kills 27 Kids in Philippines ; Improperly Cooked Root Produces Cyanide in Body

MANILA, Philippines - Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines. With the nearest hospital 20 miles away from San Jose school, in Bohol island's Mabini town, some victims died while being carried in a variety of vehicles, including three-wheel motorcycle taxis.

• The Columbian
• March 10, 2005

• Central American Seaside

The unassuming establishment, across the street from the post office on Broadway, is cluttered with kitsch art: a large acrylic of little girls playing with a bird, a leather machete holster with "El Salvador" painted across it and a statuette of a bald eagle holding up an American flag with its talons. Against the restaurant's back wall, there's a six-foot display case overstuffed with Salvadoran souvenirs including tote bags, baseball caps and wallets, all with "El Salvador" printed on them. There's a warning next to the yuca frita con chicharrón ($6.95) on the menu: "It takes 30 minutes but it's worth the wait." Yes, it is. The sizeable hunks of yucca (cassava root) and the similarly sized chunks of chicharrón (crispy fried pork and pork skin) form a mountain of yellow and brown good...

• Monterey County Weekly
• March 11, 2010

• Tapioca Pudding Easy in Slow Cooker

Tapioca is available in many forms, but they all start out as the root of the cassava plant. Cassava is well-known in South America and Africa as a good, reliable source of carbohydrates. In fact, because of its high drought tolerance and ability to grow in low-fertility soils, cassava is the staple food of an estimated 500 million people. The roots can be harvested anywhere from six months to three years after the cassava is planted, making it a good emergency supply of carbohydrates in times of drought or famine.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• January 25, 2011

• 40 CFR 180.41 - Crop group tables.

...(1) Crop Group 1: Root and Tuber Vegetables Group. (i) Representative com... 1A, 1B . . . Cassava, bitter and sweet (Manihot esculenta) . 1C, 1D . ...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 40: Protection of Environment

• School Snack Kills 27

MANILA, Philippines -- Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava -- a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly -- bought from an outside vendor killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines. With the nearest hospital 20 miles away from San Jose school, in Bohol island's Mabini town, some victims died while being carried in a variety of vehicles, including three-wheel motorcycle taxis.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 10, 2005

• Holland Furniture Co. v. Perkins Glue Co., 277 U.S. 245 (1928)

... starch, preferably starch made from the cassava root, and the first step was concerned with its co...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Snack Time Turns Tragic As Treat Kills 27 Students ; Food Poisoning Sickens Dozens in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava - a root that is poisonous if not prepared correctly - killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines. With the nearest hospital 20 miles away from San Jose school, in Bohol island's Mabini town, some victims died while being carried in a variety of vehicles, including three-wheel motorcycle taxis.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 10, 2005

• Town Buries First of 27 Poisoned Children

Weeping relatives watched as the coffins of some of the 27 schoolchildren who died after eating improperly prepared cassava root were lined up for burial at a Roman Catholic chapel Thursday, while more than 100 people remained hospitalized. Overcome with grief, Lorenza Asas, the mother of 7-year-old Sherwin, stomped her feet on the floor.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• March 22, 2005

• Snack Poisons Pupils; 27 Die

MANILA, Philippines - Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava - a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly - killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines. With the nearest hospital 20 miles away from San Jose school, in Bohol island's Mabini town, some victims died while being transported.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• March 16, 2005

• The refusal to belong: limits of the discourse on Anglophone nationalism in Cameroon.

... such crops as hot peppers, maize (corn), cassava (a root crop), and tomatoes. (29) The Germans arri...

• Journal of Third World Studies
• Vol. 28 Nbr. 2, September 2011