- The Food and Drug Administration lists a number of ‘unavoidable’ defects
- These ‘defects’ include poop and maggots, allowed in more than 100 foods
- Peanut butter can have 30 pieces of insect, cocoa can have poop in it
Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
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Most of us trust that the food we pick up in the supermarket is clean.
But you may want to readjust your definition of the word ‘clean’.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, a little bit of rodent feces is fine, a few maggots are harmless, and insect heads are simply ‘unavoidable’.
These are just a few of the ‘defects’ which are deemed acceptable by the FDA’s standards.
Stomach-churning: You can get up to 30 pieces of insect per 100 grams of peanut butter, the FDA says
Up to 10 milligrams of rodent poop is allowed in every pound of cocoa beans in the FDA’s guidelines
A stomach-churning document lists the ‘natural and unavoidable’ morsels which are allowed to make their way into more than 100 food items.
Up to 10 milligrams of rodent poop is allowed in every pound of cocoa beans, and every 10 pounds of bay leaves.
You can get up to 13 insect heads in every 3.5 ounces of fig paste.
Red pepper and paprika can contain mold, rodent hair, and pieces of insect.
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If you find maggots in your tomatoes or mushrooms, according to the FDA, you don’t really have a right to complain.
And you can get up to 30 pieces of insect, or one rodent hair, per 100 grams of peanut butter.
Worryingly, mold is one of the most common ‘defects’ allowed – despite the health risks.
Molds are fungi found indoors and outside in warm and humid conditions.
It can cause a blocked nose, irritated eyes, wheezing and rashes.
More serious reactions can involve fever and shortness of breath.
And it can even lead to a mold infection inside the lungs of people who have chronic lung illnesses.
If you find maggots in your tomatoes, according to the FDA, you don’t really have a right to complain
There are 179 household food items available in supermarkets which fall into the FDA’s category of being nearly possible to protect from rodent hairs, mold, and other extras
Mouse feces carries the risk of contracting Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.
It is a rare but potentially fatal lung condition which humans catch from infected rodents.
There are 179 household food items which fall into the category of being nearly possible to protect from rodent hairs, mold, and other extras.
Even frozen or canned fruits and vegetables appear on the list.
However, there is no meat on the list, and no processed foods.
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