5 Gross Things <br />That Are Legally <br />Allowed in Your Food The FDA allows certain defects in <br />mass-produced food to slide. According to their <br />'Defect Levels Handbook,' <br />they consider these gross things <br />still safe for humans to consume. 1. Beetle eggs in canned <br />or frozen asparagus. They'll pull the product if "10% by count of spears or pieces <br />are infested with 6 or more attached <br />asparagus beetle eggs and/or sacs." 2. Rodent hairs <br />in cinnamon. Less than 11 rodent hairs per 50 grams of cinnamon is A-OK. 3. Insect fragments in macaroni. An "average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples" are considered <br />too many. 4. Sand <br />in raisins. Less than an average <br />of 40 mg of sand per <br />100 grams of natural or golden <br />bleached raisins is acceptable. 5. Worms and mold in <br />canned and frozen peaches. The average count of worms and mold must be less than 3%. Try not to think about it next time <br />you go grocery shopping.
