Would you be surprised to know..
By ersmommy1
@ersmommy1 (12587)
United States
February 2, 2009 1:43pm CST
"An average of two rodent hairs per one hundred grams of peanut butter is allowed." - No. 20. FDA Government guidelines.
I have been reading up on some of the FDA guidelines. http://www.fda.gov/ there is some pretty interesting things to read. What is allowed, and not. Recalls are there as well. Warnings too.
Are you a person who wants to be informed on such things, or is ignorance bliss?
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
3 Feb 09
When it comes to food..ignorance is bliss...back in the 70's..I read a book...Rape of the A.P.E. (american puritan ethic) and it talks about the amount of fly parts per pound of chocolate and how our society got to be the way it is. It was amusing and educational and food for thought. an interesting read if you can find the book.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
13 Feb 09
Oh no.
.another comfort food flushed down the drain..are you serious? Next I will learn about the existence of rat dropping
allowed in the food..Calgon take me away...
.another comfort food flushed down the drain..are you serious? Next I will learn about the existence of rat dropping allowed in the food..Calgon take me away...
@moneymommy (3418)
• United States
2 Feb 09
I like to be informed on things like this. But I do agree that ignorance is bliss. But with things like my food safety I think I want to know. I would like to have the choice to buy it or not and know that facts to whats in it. That's disgusting about the rodent hair I don't think I will be to into eating peanut butter ever again yuk...
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
13 Feb 09
Oh my goodness..that is...just nasty. I love peanut butter it is a all time favorite of mine and my little sisters a comfort food..I will now be thinking of changing my comfort food so that I will know that i am not eating rodent hair and whatever else those guidelines let slip pass.
@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
• United States
3 Feb 09
Ah, I'd kind of heard stories about this kind of thing before. It involved vitamins and percentage of bug carcasses. I don't know if that's an Urban Legend or not. Seems to defy belief, but you never know and I've never aggressively researched it. I suppose I don't really want to think about it.
