| Are Bugs A Part of Your Diet? |
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| Product | Action Level |
|---|
| Apple butter | 5 insects per 100g |
| Berries | 4 larvae per 500g OR 10 whole insects per 500g |
| Ground paprika | 75 insect fragments per 25g |
| Chocolate | 80 microscopic insect fragments per 100g |
| Canned sweet corn | 2 3mm-length larvae, cast skins or fragments |
| Cornmeal | 1 insect per 50g |
| Canned mushrooms | 20 maggots per 100g |
| Peanut butter | 60 fragments per 100g (136 per lb) |
| Tomato paste, pizza, and other sauces | 30 eggs per 100g OR 2 maggots per 100g |
| Wheat flour | 75 insect fragmnets per 50g |
| Source: The Food Defect Action Levels: Current Levels for Natural or
Unavoidable Defects for Human Use that Present No Health
Hazard. Department of Health & Human Services 1989. |
the FDA regulations on different contaimenents in food