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To: jespasinthru; a fool in paradise
Do you expect food to be grown or manufactured in an antiseptic clean room?

Did you grow up in a plastic bubble?

Everything has some bugs in it. Do you know that yogurt is actually a living bacteria?

Things are grown in the ground, do you expect there wouldn't be bugs of some type involved?

You do wash all your veggies and fruits before eating them, right? It's not just because of dust.

If you try to live a totally clean life, you could develop allergies. A little dirt is good for your immune system.

What does the FDA considered "defective"?

The first thing on the list is ground allspice that should not contain 30 or more bug parts per 10 grams or no more than 1 rodent hair in 10 grams.

Frozen Broccoli - Average of 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams

ever wonder how easy it is for a can of Sweet Corn to pass muster with the FDA? - Insect larvae (corn ear worms, corn borers) 2 or more 3mm or longer larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments of corn ear worms or corn borer and the aggregate length of such larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments exceeds 12 mm in 24 pounds (24 No. 303 cans or equivalent)

Wheat Flour - Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams or 1 rodent hair in 50 grams.


*source is FDA

Defect Levels Handbook The Food Defect Action Levels - Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans

50 posted on 07/24/2014 7:53:51 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Come on, I’m not that picky about my food. I love mushrooms, raw or cooked. And they’re grown in cow turds.


66 posted on 07/24/2014 8:27:22 PM PDT by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy)
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