Family services forcibly separated a newborn baby from its mother after the mother tested positive for opiates.
Only after the state services removed the child from its mother’s custody was it discovered that a poppy seed bagel was behind the mother’s positive opiate result.
New York mom Elizabeth Dominguez, 29, ate a poppy seed bagel hours before going into labor May 1.
It would prove to be a mistake after the hospital tested her urine.
Prior to delivering her newborn son, the hospital took a urine sample, which came back positive for opiates. – READ MORE