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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:08:45 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

>On 7/12/2025 5:36 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:19:44 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
>> <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Frito-Lay knows what's in Cheetos.  They probably even know what
>>> the insect, rodent hair, and shit content is.
>>> https://www.fda.gov/food/current-good-manufacturing-practices-cgmps-food-and-dietary-supplements/food-defect-levels-handbook
>> 
>> I asked AI and it said that in the US, up to 20 maggots are allowed in
>> 100 grams (3.5 ounce) of canned mushrooms.
>> (I don't know about other countries.)
>
>That's mildly horrifying.  I'm going to blindly hope that there aren't 
>maggots in canned corn, which is about the only "vegetable" that I buy 
>in cans.

Canned sweet corn is allowed to contain up to:
    2 or more insect larvae (such as corn earworms or corn borers)
    3 mm or longer larvae, cast skins, or fragments
These limits apply per 24 pounds of canned corn. 

-- 
Bruce
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