What is the allowable amount of insect parts and vermin evidence in packaged food?
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It is not just "vermin evidence" it is also actual vermin that have gotten curious or hungry and fallen into the grinding or cooking vats. It is all pre-cooked anyways.\n\nBon appetit
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The FDA regulates food quality - at least to a certain extent - the1994 Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act, passed in response to a huge lobbying campaign by the supplement industry exempts "natural" supplements from requirements to test for safety, purity or effectiveness (hundreds of American citizens have died as a result of this nearsightedness). \n\nBut that has little to do with bugs in your cereal; I point it out merely to show how the public's safety has become politicized. The FDA does what it can. It has set what are known as Defect Action Levels: "Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 110.110 allows the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish maximum levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods for human use that present no health hazard. These "Food Defect Action Levels" listed in this booklet are set on this premise--that they pose no inherent hazard to health."\nhttp://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html\n\n\nDefect Action Levels:\nWHEAT FLOUR - Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams. Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams\nCORNMEAL - Average of 1 or more whole insects (or equivalent) per 50 grams. Average of 25 or more insect fragments per 25 grams. Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 25 grams, or average of 1 or more rodent excreta fragment per 50 grams.\n\nIf you ever watch a combine harvest wheat, or see how it's stored before and after processing, you understand that a certain level of contamination truly is unavoidable, especially when you're harvesting on huge corporate farms for mass processing and mass consumption. If you want better food, buy local!
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Lots......\n\nhttp://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bse.html
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yep\n\nwouldn't it be nice to get the truth?  Check this out and read the FIRST one.\nhttp://www.foodfacts.com.au/FoodMythology.aspx
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Corpse, cadaver, worm food
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Yes, unfortunately many countries do use artificial preservatives in large quantities. Even worse many countries use insecticides on fruits and vegetables without proper control.
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yourquestionwouldappeartobeincompletepleaserestateandmaybewecanhelpyouormaybeyoucouldtry\n\nhttp://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
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starches, potatoes, rice, bread, most fruits, anything sweet aka sugery snacks, ummmm... you can check other stuff, teehee
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It depends on the damage to the tissue of the animal that's left. If something smells like a burnt log it's probably not edible.
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I'm guessing you are talking about using it as bait I hope. I think walmart has the mix in the outdoor section, depending on where you live. It would still need a preservative still though to make it keep for as long as commercial brands.
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go the government food puyramid website\nvery informational and useful
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if someone put a bug in it, fish it out.
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Food coloring and vegtable oil
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A friend's ex-wife poisoned his dinner while we were out of the house.  Since we shared it, no one died, but we both got a really bad case of the runs.  Considering how ill I was and double it, I would guess even if he'd eaten the whole thing it wouldn't have killed him.  \nThough I don't know how much she put in there.\n\nThat stuff has a definite smell. \n\nIt really depends on the immune system and constituion of the victim.  If they're already sick, probably not much.\n A healthy adult:  Probably a lot. An ounce or more?
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The ingredients have to be listed on the box or the packaging by law.
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I assume you mean perishable food products.  It depends on the store.  At bakery outlets you can buy day old for human consumption, or 2 day old for livestock (such as sheep) feeding.  If you mean canned goods, cereal, etc., at most retailers it is destroyed.  This is what we do at Target.  If it has passed the shelf date, it can not be given to shelters or sold because the guarantee (for freshness) is no longer valid.  And stores could find themselves involved in a lawsuit if someone consumes tainted, expired food.
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The two main group of pests that feed on food waste are rodents and insects such as flies and cockroaches. They are dangerous because they can spread disease. The most famous example is the role of the rat in spreading the black death which wiped out up to a third of Europe's population in the 14th century and was a recurring threat to populations until the 1700's. It is widely believed to have been caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis spread by fleas with the help of animals like the black rat (Rattus rattus).