I’m sure when you think of food additives you think of preservatives, yellow #5 or sweeteners. But what about those not so advertised additives? You know…the maggots, insect eggs and rat hair. Well it seems the FDA has set some tolerances for these additives:
| Food | Can contain up to… |
| Canned Pineapples | 20 percent positive mold tests |
| Canned Tomatoes | 5 fly eggs and 1 maggot per 500 grams |
| Frozen Broccoli | 60 mites per 100 grams |
| Ground Cinnamon | 400 insect fragments and 11 rodent hairs per 50 grams |
| Peanut Butter | 30 insect fragments and 1 rodent hair per 100 grams |
| Popcorn | 20 gnawed grains or 2 rodent hairs per pound |
| Potato Chips | 6 percent rotten chips |
I found this bit of information via an MSN article.. Pretty informative but makes you a little queasy to read it!
