Sunday, October 09, 2005

This is SO GROSS!!!

Look what I found at this website that Josh told me to go to.

CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR
Insect filth(AOAC 965.38)
Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
Rodent filth(AOAC 965.38)
Average is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6 100-gram subsamples examined ORAny 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs
Shell (AOAC 968.10-970.23)
For chocolate liquor, if the shell is in excess of 2% calculated on the basis of alkali-free nibs
DEFECT SOURCE: Insect fragments - post harvest and/or processing insect infestation, Rodent hair - post harvest and/or processing contamination with animal hair or excreta, Shell - processing contaminationSIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic


How sick is that?? Now I am totally just going to have to become a non-eater altogether. Too bad I'd die if I did that. How long can one survive off vitamins? Wait. There's probably gross stuff in vitamins, too!! Ugh!!

Go here if you want to be thoroughly grossed out: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html#CHPT1

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can survive about a month on vitamins alone.
Always Faithful !
Thomas

October 09, 2005 1:46 PM  

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