Link to FDA Website
Interesting food for thought webpage. Look up your favorite foods and see what else you might have been eating along with them. Yummy yummy. Enjoy!
Here's a sample for pizza lovers like me:
"TOMATO PASTE, PIZZA AND OTHER SAUCES Drosophila fly
(AOAC 955.46) Average of 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams
OR
15 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
OR
2 or more maggots per 100 grams in a minimum of 12 subsamples
DEFECT SOURCE: Pre-harvest and/or post harvest and/or processing insect infestation
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic"
Interesting food for thought webpage. Look up your favorite foods and see what else you might have been eating along with them. Yummy yummy. Enjoy!
Here's a sample for pizza lovers like me:
"TOMATO PASTE, PIZZA AND OTHER SAUCES Drosophila fly
(AOAC 955.46) Average of 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams
OR
15 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
OR
2 or more maggots per 100 grams in a minimum of 12 subsamples
DEFECT SOURCE: Pre-harvest and/or post harvest and/or processing insect infestation
SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic"