You’ve probably heard about “pink slime,” the nutritionally questionable, ground beef filler treated with ammonia that has graced school cafeteria and fast food menus for decades. Well, if you thought that was bad, you haven’t seen anything yet.
Here are nine more gross ingredients that might be in your next bite of food…
1. Mushrooms
The FDA legally allows 19 maggots—tiny, rice-shaped fly larvae that feast on rotting foods—and 74 mites in every 3.5-ounce can of mushrooms.
http://blackdoctor.org/15859/gross-ingredi... How Many Maggots Does the FDA Permit in Canned Mushrooms?
The FDA allows up to 30 maggots per 3.5 ounces (about 100 grams) of canned mushrooms. Maggots aren't the only things making it into food — berries, including canned and frozen blackberries and raspberries, can have up to a 60 percent mold count without being rejected, and citrus juices can have up to five or more fly eggs or one maggot per 8.5 ounces (about 250 ml).
More facts about food and FDA standards:
•By FDA standards, "foreign matter" can include things such as plant stems, burlap sack material or cigarette butts.
•Tomato products tend to have low standards for mold counts, too; tomato ketchup can have as much as a 55 percent mold count, and tomato juice can have a 24 percent mold count calculated from six samples. It also can have as many as 10 fly eggs per 3.5 ounces (100 g), but only if there are no maggots. If there is a maggot, then there can be only five fly eggs before the juice is considered defective.
•Despite the cringe factor, the FDA has said that foods that fall under the defect limitation are not health hazards. ...
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-many-maggots-d...
Posted By: Jen Fad
Wednesday, February 13th 2013 at 5:58AM
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