Your favorite foods & Allowable insect levels.....

**Hazard** · 03-25-2010, 08:52 AM

The "Fly in my steele oats" thread prompted this..... Read at your own risk.....

Here is the link for the full list of foods http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComp.../ucm056174.htm

Here are some of our favorite foods.....

PEANUT BUTTERInsect filth
(AOAC 968.35)Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 gramsRodent filth
(AOAC 968.35)Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 gramsGrit
(AOAC 968.35)Gritty taste and water insoluble inorganic residue is more than 25 mg per 100 grams
DEFECT SOURCE: Insect fragments - preharvest and/or post harvest and/or processing insect infestation, Rodent hair - post harvest and/or processing contamination with animal hair or excreta, Grit - harvest contamination
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

POPCORNRodent filth
(AOAC 950.91)1 or more rodent excreta pellets are found in 1 or more subsamples, and 1 or more rodent hairs are found in 2 or more other subsamples
OR
2 or more rodent hairs per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples
OR
20 or more gnawed grains per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamplesField corn5% or more by weight of field corn
DEFECT SOURCE: Rodent excreta - post harvest and/or processing animal contamination, Rodent hair - post harvest and/or processing contamination with animal hair or excreta, Rodent gnawing - post harvest and/or processing damage, Field corn - harvest contamination
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

POTATO CHIPSRot
(MPM-V113)Average of 6% or more pieces by weight contain rot
DEFECT SOURCE: Pre-harvest and/or post harvest infection
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

TOMATO PASTE, PIZZA AND OTHER SAUCESDrosophila fly
(AOAC 955.46)Average of 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams
OR
15 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
OR
2 or more maggots per 100 grams in a minimum of 12 subsamples
DEFECT SOURCE: Pre-harvest and/or post harvest and/or processing insect infestation
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

EGGS AND OTHER EGG PRODUCTS, FROZENDecomposition
(AOAC 939.14, 940.36, 940.37)2 or more cans decomposed and at least 2 subsamples from decomposed cans have direct microscopic counts of 5 million or more bacteria per gram
DEFECT SOURCE: Processing (incubator rejects)
SIGNIFICANCE: Economic

MACARONI AND NOODLE PRODUCTSInsect filth
(AOAC 969.41)Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamplesRodent filth
(AOAC 969.41)Average of 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
DEFECT SOURCE: Insect fragments - preharvest and/or post harvest and/or processing infestation. Rodent hair - post harvest and/or processing contamination with animal hair or excreta
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

Enjoy!

~Haz~

**alexISthrowed** · 03-25-2010, 09:08 AM

Ive known about this for awhile. A couple rodent hairs never hurt anyone but idk about a whole rodent shit in my popcorn. Thats pretty gross.

**Schmidty** · 03-25-2010, 10:04 AM

yumm mouse poo

**Deltasaurus** · 03-25-2010, 10:17 AM

well good thing i make my own peanut butter and farm my own eggs and well my rolled oats i cant really taste anything else lol

**gixxerboy1** · 03-25-2010, 10:25 AM

ehhh. I'm gonig to start fasting now

**collar** · 03-25-2010, 03:12 PM

Im ok I dont eat most things on the list, except for the herbs.

I might do the same though. fast!!!!!! lol.

**TheArtist** · 03-25-2010, 09:07 PM

i don't care what penut butter has in it... as long as it keeps tasting like penut butter. If it were to start to taste like mouse poop then i'll stop eating it!
ew gross. LOL

**ModelInProgress** · 03-26-2010, 12:22 AM

I shouldn't have read that...thinking about becoming anorexic now (kidding).

**LatissimusaurousRex** · 03-26-2010, 06:08 AM

Honestly who cares? Even when they recall stuff due to salmonella poisoning I say bring it on. None of it phazes me. I'm just really confident that my body can take whatever. Oh big deal there's some rat feces on my pizza, or is there pizza on my rat feces? What?