Posted on 04/20/2021 9:18:06 AM PDT by weston
THAT is a pretty intense process, isn’t it? Milling logs into lumber?
Kudos to the kids.
I LOL’d at that one.
eewwwwww!
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Bugs, Rodent Hair And Poop: How Much Is Legally Allowed In The Food You Eat Every Day?
"It is economically impractical to grow, harvest, or process raw products that are totally free of non-hazardous, naturally occurring, unavoidable defects, ”says the US Food and Drug Administration.
So while there’s no way to get rid of all the creatures that might hitch a ride along the food processing chain, the FDA has established standards to keep food defects to a minimum.
The coffee beans you grind for breakfast are allowed by the FDA to have an average of 10 milligrams or more animal poop per pound. As much as 4% to 6% of beans by count are also allowed to be insect-infested or moldy.
Peanut butter is one of the most controlled foods in the FDA list; an average of one or more rodent hairs and 30 (or so) insect fragments are allowed for every 100 grams, which is 3.5 ounces.
The typical serving size for peanut butter is 2 tablespoons (unless you slather). That means each 2 tablespoon-peanut butter sandwich would only have about eight insect fragments and a teensy tiny bit of rodent filth. (“Filth” is what the FDA calls these insect and rodent food defects.)
Apple butter can also contain up to 12% mold, which is better than cherry jam, which can be 30% moldy, or black currant jam, which can be 75% moldy.
Canned tomatoes, tomato paste and sauces like pizza sauce are a bit less contaminated than the tomato juice in your cocktail. The FDA only allows about two maggots in a 16 oz. can.
Adding mushrooms to your spaghetti sauce or pizza? For every 4 oz. can of mushrooms there can be an average of 20 or more maggots of any size.
The canned sweet corn we love is allowed to have two or more larvae of the corn ear worm, along with larvae fragments and the skins the worms discard as they grow.
For every ¼ cup of cornmeal, the FDA allows an average of one or more whole insects, two or more rodent hairs and 50 or more insect fragments, or one or more fragments of rodent dung.
MUCH MORE AT THE LINK
I always say it's a McDonalds day ...okay!
Ha because it's cheaper!
As grandkids got older wanted Dairy Queen or Whataburger!
My response as Nonna,it's McDonalds or I make sandwiches! LOL!
“I know they’re rodents like squirrels, but they’re cute!”
Today on my facebook page someone posted a picture of this tiny windmill saying the vibrations were a HUMANE way of getting rid of groundhogs (chases them to the neighbors). I was going to tell them the way my husband did it, is put a garden hose down the hole, turn on the water and when they came up to keep from being drowned he hit them over the head with a shovel.
Yuck!! You didn’t have to remind me.
As I got a pizza and salad delivered! Ha!
Glad to see you posting!
I know the thread’s participants are mostly female, but assume most of you have males that would enjoy this.
https://archive.org/details/return-of-the-man-from-uncle
A VERY well-done “revival” of the series. Kinda washed out copy but great fun.
Many MANY moons ago (like 40), I owned all 3 editions of The Book of Lists. There were lists of anything you can think of...sports stats of course, but also lists of people who died/were found dead in a bathroom, most heroic police dogs, top 10 most famous child kidnappings...just weird random stuff. Right up my alley!
Anyway, one of the books had a list like that, of how many impurities the government allows in various food items. So no surprise to me!
And they say eating vegetarian is healthy...
Thanks for that. I may never eat again.
“I owned all 3 editions of The Book of Lists.”
I believe that.
Good morning lysie and all....
Some nice weather up this way, finally.
So, I have seen something I found interesting about the Gates Jab that I wondered if anyone had heard about.....this may need some top shelf researchers (Spirit of Liberty!) as it’s rather strange.
My daughter had heard that a magnet would stick to the arm of some vaccine recipients. She saw it online, but was skeptical. A friend of hers saw it as well, and had a water delivery that day from her regular guy, someone she knew for years. He happened to tell her that he had gotten his “vaccine” recently. She asked him if she could see if the magnet thing worked on him. He chuckled and said, “sure”. Lo and behold, the magnet stuck onto his arm where he had the shot. It didn’t do anything on the other arm, but she sent the pics to my daughter, and there it was, sticking to his arm where he got the jab.
It certainly made me wonder what’s in the jab. Just thought I’d throw it out there for any feedback.
House sale NOT going well. I’m not happy with the realtor at all, but we’re going to reassess next week. Another case of too much talk, not enough thought. I think he thought he could just ride the hot market wave, but a hot market doesn’t mean a stupid market.
Good morning. Yes. Nice weather for the next few days.
Can I unsee your post?
I also read the encyclopedia as a kid, but we only had half a set of Funk & Wagnalls, so I'm only half-educated.
What pretty dishes for that fine breakfast.
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