> I am interested to see that even in the heartland of the free
market, the
> US Federal Foods and Drug Administration has felt the need to
compile a
> list of unappetising "natural or unavoidable defects" in household
foods
> which apparently cause no harm to human health.
>
> They will however act if for example a sample of chocolate has 90 or
more
> insect fragments per 100 grams (approx 3 1/2 ounces) or if 6 100gram
> samples contain an average of 60 or more insect fragments per
100grams.
>
> Alternatively if any one 100gram sample of chocolate has 3 or more
rodent
> hairs, or 6 samples have an average of 1 or more rodent hairs.
>
> Infestation below those levels - caveat emptor!
>
> Its a free market after all.
>
> Chris Burford
>
> London
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Let us not forget how much soil we eat in a human lifetime; would you
like fries with your dirt! :-)
Ian