FOOD PRODUCT | DEFECT LEVEL (Average sample unless otherwise indicated) |
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| SEAFOOD | |
| Blue Fin and other Fresh Water Herring | 60 parasitic cysts per 100 fish (fish averaging 1 pound or less) or 100 pounds (fish averaging over 1 pound) |
| Red Fish and Ocean Perch | 3 % of the fillets examined contain 1 or more copepods (tiny crustaceans) accompanied by pus pockets |
| Whitefish, Tullibees, Ciscoes, Inconnus, and Chubs | 50 parasitic cysts per 100 pounds (whole or fillets) |
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| VEGETABLES | |
| Beets (canned) | 5% or more pieces by weight with dry rot |
| Broccoli (frozen) | 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams |
| Corn, sweet(canned) | 2 or more 3 mm or longer larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments, the aggregate length of insects or insect parts exceeds 12 mm in 24 pounds |
| Brussels Sprouts (frozen) | 30 or more aphids and/or thrips per 100 grams |
| Mushrooms (canned and dried) | 20 or more maggots of any size per 100 grams of drained mushrooms or 15 grams of dried mushrooms, 5 or more maggots 2 mm or longer per 100 grams of drained mushrooms or 15 grams of dried mushrooms, 75 mites per 100 grams drained mushrooms or 15 grams of dried mushrooms |
| Spinach (canned or frozen) | 50 or more aphids, thrips and/or mites per 100 grams, 2 or more 3 mm or longer larvae and/or larval fragments or spinach worms (caterpillars) whose aggregate length exceeds 12 mm are present in 24 pounds |
| Tomatoes (canned) | 10 or more fly eggs per 500 grams, 5 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 500 grams, 2 or more maggots per 500 grams |
| Tomato paste or pizza sauce | 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams, 15 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams, 2 or more maggots per 100 grams (in a minimum of 12 subsamples) |
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| FRUITS | |
| Apricots (canned) | 2% or more by count has been damaged or infected by insects |
| Berries | 4 larvae or 10 whole insects per 500 grams or 10 or more whole insects or equivalent per 500 grams (excluding thrips, aphids, and mites) |
| Cherries (fresh, canned, or frozen) | 4% or more pieces are rejects due to insects other than maggots |
| Citrus fruit juices (canned) | 5 or more Drosophila and other fly eggs per 250 ml or 1 or more maggots per 250 ml |
| Dates (chopped, sliced, macerated) | 5 or more dead insects (whole or equivalent) per 100 grams |
| Figs | 10% or more by count are insect-infested |
| Peaches (canned and frozen) | 12 – 1lb cans – one or more larvae and/or larval fragments whose aggregate length exceeds 5 mm |
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| GRAINS, NUTS, BEANS, ETC. | |
| Wheat | 32 or more insect-damaged kernels per 100 grams, 9 mg or more rodent excreta pellets and/or pellet fragments per kilogram |
| Wheat flour | 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams, 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams (1 cup flour = 136 g = 4.8 oz) |
| Cornmeal | 25 or more insect fragments per 25 grams, 1 or more rodent hairs per 25 grams or 1 or more rodent excreta fragment per 50 grams |
| Macaroni and Noodle Products | 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams (in 6 or more subsamples), 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams (in 6 or more subsamples) |
| Peas and Beans (dried) | 5% or more by count insect-infested and/or insect-damaged by storage insects (in a minimum of 12 subsamples) |
| Peanuts (shelled) | 20 or more whole insects or equivalent in 100-pound bag |
| Coffee beans | 10% or more by count are insect-infested or insect-damaged |
| Hops | 2,500 aphids or more per 10 grams |
| Cocoa beans | 75 or more insect fragments per subsample of 50 grams when 6 subsamples are examined, 6 or more subsamples is 2 or more rodent hairs per subsample of 50 grams |
| Chocolate and chocolate liquor | 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams (in 6 – 100 g subsamples), 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams (in 6 – 100-gram subsamples) |
| Peanut butter | 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams, 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams |
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| SPICES | |
| Cinnamon (ground) | 400 or more insect fragments per 50 grams |
| Curry (powder) | 100 or more insect fragments per 25 grams, 4 or more rodent hairs per 25 grams |
| Fennel Seed | 20% or more of subsamples contain insects, 20% or more of subsamples contain mammalian excreta |
| Ginger (whole) | 3% or more pieces by weight are insect-infested, 3 mg or more of mammalian excreta per pound |
| Nutmeg (ground) | 100 or more insect fragments per 10 grams, 1 or more rodent hairs per 10 grams |
| Oregano (ground) | 1250 or more insect fragments per 10 grams, 5 or more rodent hairs per 10 grams |
| Pepper (ground) | 475 or more insect fragments per 50 grams, 2 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams |
| Sage (ground) | 200 or more insect fragments per 10 grams, 9 or more rodent hairs per 10 grams |
| Thyme (ground) | 925 or more insect fragments per 10 grams, 2 or more rodent hairs per 10 grams |
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