BDS activists are often “given a pass” by U.S. policing agencies as they break U.S. laws to promote their endless attacks on Jews, euphemistically called BDS. U.S. and state bureaus responsible for food safety laws in the U.S. often look the other way as BDS movement activists tamper with the food supply or jeopardize the public’s health. Palestinian boosters routinely import foodstuffs with dangerous pesticides or of fraudulent quality, despite laws on the books. BDS activists continue to violate health and quality standards in the U.S. while the press ignores the threat. Paul Larudee is a BDS activist who resides in Northern California where he runs BDS activities. Larudee is very active in promoting BDS and anything against Israel (1). He also was the leader for a non-profit, Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund (PCWF) out of Texas. PCWF used to have art contests for Palestinian children where they would draw pictures of suicide bombing attacks. Larudee was behind the Flotillas, and myriad BDS events on the U.S. West Coast. Larudee constantly seeks ways to promote BDS, such as Stop the Boat, a pro-BDS movement, ended Zim Shipping’s use of West Coast ports. He was even awarded a medal of honor by Hamas. Larudee funded his BDS activities for years by selling and bottling “extra-virgin Palestinian olive oil for sale” from a ramshackle “Grass roots” house in Berkeley, California. I wrote an article last year in which I explained how Larudee generated funds for BDS by selling “Pure extra virgin Palestinian olive oil” for $20 a bottle with proceeds going to fund him and the BDS movement. It is a felony to sell olive oil as extra virgin to the public when it is not. In that article, I provided evidence from an FDA food lab that he was bottling his olive oil in the kitchen of a ramshackle Berkeley radical house headquarters house where rat feces was found in violation of California food safety laws. Other issues included preparing food where his product needed to meet standards for public consumption in compliance with anti-terrorism food safety laws according to a 2002 federal food safety act passed by congress after 9/11. His violations allegedly included mislabeling his product once it entered the United States. California’s department of public health,chose to give him “a pass” on food violations and preparations if he conformed to required codes. Larudee suggested he had met the codes and continued business as usual. But new tests of food products Larudee is selling today to the public are still in violation, not just in olive oil but in the spice known as zaatar, made of wild oregano Larudee has been selling his zaatar under the same brand name Hurriya consistently along with the oil claimed to be“extra virgin” olive oil. The FDA takes responsibility for olive oil quality but California tends to look the other way. The zaatar fell under both federal and state agency purviews and was found to have toxic levels of pesticides and heavy metals which should also have made them risks for the public to eat. New tests showed that Larudee was still marketing the olive oil as well as the zaatar which was a health food law violation. Larudee changed the labels on his product but still continued with same violation. The Law requires these tests be performed at an FDA approved facility, paid for by Larudee. I had the tests done by such a facility that cost me approximately $900 which may explain why Larudee continues to violate the law, relying on government bureaucrats who look the other way to avoid spending money. I believe that laws are being violated that should serve to protect the public. Government bureaucrats tend to make it a priority to enforce laws when members of congress demand they do so. To that end, below is a list of U.S. Congress members who have caucused to insist efforts to boycott Israel not be carried out. Readers should write them and demand they take action. Marco Rubio Lindsay Graham Chuck Grassley Daniel Perdue Corey Gardner Chuck Schumer Michael McCaul Sten Hoyer Ann Wagner' Lee Zeldin Jerry Nadler Brad Schneider Brad Sherman Mark Desaulnier Ted Cruz Kevin McCarthy Eliott Engel Mark Desauliner This list can be expanded. It includes congresspeople from both sides of the aisle. These pols have taken an interest in preserving the anti-boycott laws. If the group wrote to the FDA, US Customs and Calif department of health care, all three agencies, demanding laws be enforced maybe laws will be enforced.. For more information, sources: /Articles/Article.aspx/18735#.VxTIXjB972Q part two footnote one: /Articles/Article.aspx/18741 2. https://israelbehindthenews.com/poisoning-people-palestine-bds-raises-funding-olive-oil-fraud/15571/ This article shows Larudee was practicing olive oil fraud. Larudee was “given a pass” by the State of California despite risks to the public. He continued with selling his olive oil as “pure extra virgin” until this article proved his actiions again. 3. Anresco Laboratories is an FDA approved facility with qualifications that allow it to deny entry to products the FDA has set standards for. As part of these tests for zataar, over 900 tests were done heavy metals and/or pesticides for chemicals that pose threats to the public. Copies of the Certificate of Analysis from Anresco for this report have shown. Anresco also maintains proof of chain of possession and photographs. Heavy Metals found in Hurriyah Zaatar: Arsenic .0600 when legal limit 0.002 Cadmium 0.003 when legal limit is 0.002 Lead 0.135 when legal limit is 0.002 Mercury 0.004 when legal limit is 0.002 The above Heavy Metals are known to cause cancer and other sicknesses that can result in death or general sickness. As a foodstuff Zaatar is ingested directly to the human system. As examples, other heavy metals were also found in unacceptable and dangerous quantities such as: Bifenthrin legal limit 0.10 tested amount 0.014 When large amounts of bifenthrin are ingested, it can cause sore throat, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting almost immediately. Bifenthrin is also classified as a possible human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . Bifenthrin can be poisonous to humans . Since it is a pyrethroid compound, it has similar symptoms of poisoning with other pyrethroid compounds. These include irritation of the skin and eyes, irritability to sound or touch, abnormal facial sensation, sensation of prickling, tingling, or creeping on skin, numbness, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive salivation, and fatigue. In severe cases of bifenthrin poisoning, it may cause fluid in the lungs and muscle twitching. The body systems negatively affected by bifenthrin include the integumentary, ocular, respiratory, nervous, digestive, excretory, and muscular systems. https://www.pesticides.news/2017-12-08-bifenthrin-toxicity-side-effects-diseases-and-environmental-impacts.html or Cypermethrin-1 legal limit 0.10 tested 0.134 Potentially toxic per FDA Difenoconazole legal .050 tested .0494 Diflubenzeron legal. 0.050 tested 0.173 There were many others which can cause cancer, illness, vomiting, etc.such as Tebuconazole legal limit..050 tested 1.40 https://www.pesticides.news/2017-11-21-tebuconazole-toxicity-side-effects-diseases-and-environmental-impacts.html Tebuconazole has multiple health ill affects, can hurt children in the womb and has EPA says a potential carcinogen. Other notes: U.S. Customs labeling requirements require companies like Larudee's provide labels which show food content and country of origin. The fist article, Poisoning People for Palestine showed Larudee’s Norcal ISM was violating these laws, but U.S. Customs did not enforce the law declaring him not a big enough fish for their time. Larudee, because I reported him, created a new bottle but with the same violations as before. Such items are supposed to be destroyed yet ICE did no enforcement .Anresco also did analysis for a new report of Larudee’s Extra Virgin olive oil from Palestine which reveals he is still defrauding the public as to the grade necessary for his olive oil to be extra virgin. He sells it as such from his website both retail and wholesale for $20 a bottle, the price of extra virgin olive oil.