Much of our food is allowed to be contaminated with "foreign material". That would include anything other than the food. Here is an example of what % is allowed in grain by the USDA:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=829b3781c203638a980 09e976608f4d2&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:7.1.2.8.4&idno=7 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=829b3781c203638a980 09e976608f4d2&rgn=div5&view=text&node=7:7.1.2.8.4&idno=7#7:7.1.2.8.4.8.118.4 -----Original Message----- From: debbiegerar...@comcast.net [mailto:debbiegerar...@comcast.net] Sent: July 25, 2006 11:17 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>Bugs from Brown rice 2 I have had real small little critters before but this is the first time in my life I have had these ones...they came out of an unopened brown rice bag and the rice wasn't organic....debbie -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Carl & Deb Charter" <carl...@charter.net> Hi Deb: The best bet is to keep all your starches (flour, rice, cereal) in glass containers, or in the refrigerator. Make sure any pet food is a sealed container as well. That way if you do get pantry pest at least it won't spread to your other foods. Make sure you clean your pantry well. From what I understand, pantry pests are pretty common, ick!! Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: kskiefe...@aol.com To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 8:08 PM Subject: Re: CS>Bugs from Brown rice 2 My deepest sympathy. the stuff about the extra protein is funny unless you have these critters. If you have bad eyes and cannot see them, I also think it may not be a problem. I had them once. (once is too many times) they came in the sealed bag of flour I bought at the store. this is often how you get them I am told. I found that they were very hard to get rid of. by the time I found them, they were is many boxes. they were small black, kind of looked like black flecks until they moved (quickly) to avoid detection. I had to get rid of most of the food in the cupboard. maybe you were lucky and caught them quickly. washing down the cupboard/pantry is a good idea but you will get re infected unless you get all their favorite food out of there. Karen -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 7/24/06
