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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 12:52 AM
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The FDA's "Food Defects Action Levels"...what's allowed in your food
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html#CHPTD

Lingon, Canned (European cranberry)
Insect larvae (MPM-V64)
Average of 3 or more larvae per pound in a minimum of 12 subsamples

BROCCOLI, FROZEN
Insects and mites (AOAC 945.82)
Average of 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams

CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR
Insect filth (AOAC 965.38)
Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
Rodent filth (AOAC 965.38)
Average is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6 100-gram subsamples examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs

CORN: SWEET CORN, CANNED
Insect larvae (AOAC 973.61)
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)

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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 12:53 AM
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1. "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!"
"That's OK, sir. No charge."
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 12:58 AM
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2. Or the "Waiter, what is that fly doing in my soup" variation...
..."It looks like the backstroke, sir."

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