Question

what U. S. government agency determines how many bug and rodent parts can be in the food we eat?

Answer 1

I am providing Below a brief sampling of the FDA's food defect action list"-

Wheat flour:-

# Insect filth - Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams

# Rodent filth - Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams.

Peanut butter:-

# Insect filth - Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams.

# Rodent filth - Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams

Red fish and Ocean perch:-

# Parasites - 3% of the fillets examined contain 1 or more parasites accompanied by pus pockets.

Citrus fruit juices( canned )

# Insect and insect eggs - 5 or more Drosophila and other fly eggs per 250 ml or 1 or more maggots per 250 ml.

Macroni and noodle products:-

# Insect filth- Average of 225 insects fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples

# Rodent filth - Average of 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams in 6b or more subsamples.