By

Jimmy Joe Meeker

No kidding, folks. I couldn't make anything like this up.

The Food and Drug Administration permits certain amounts of dead bugs, worms, larvae, mold, rot, fecal pellets, and other gunk in most foods. I thought you'd like to know exactly how many dead bugs, worms, etc. are allowed and therefore likely to appear in some of your favorites.

Average of 60 aphids, trips, and/or mites per 100 grams.

Average of 60 microscopic insect fragments per 100 grams; or, average of 1 rodent hair per 100 grams.

Six percent by weight containing rot.

Average 10 fly eggs per 100 grams, or 5 fly eggs and 1 maggot per 100 grams, or 2 maggots per 100 grams.

Average of 30 insect fragments per 100 grams; or average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams.

One rodent excreta pellet in 1 or more of 10.225 gram samples, or 6-10 ounce consumer size packages provided that 1 or more rodent hairs are found in the other samples; or, 2 rodent hairs per pound with 50 percent of the samples contaminated; or 20 gnawed grains per pound with 50 percent of the samples contaminated with rodent hair, or 5 percent by weight of field corn.

Average of 5 percent by count insect infested, moldy, decomposed, dirty and/or otherwise unfit.

Ten whole or equivalent insects and 35 fly eggs per 8 ounces of golden bleached raisins.

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