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How Many Bugs Are Allowed In Your Food?

bug-pasta-150.jpgSo, how many "aphids, thrips, and/or mites" is the FDA cool with being in three-and-a-half ounces of broccoli? 59. Salon's food writer Francis Lam explores this and other odd limitations in the FDA's terrifyingly-titled document, Food Defect Action Levels. [Salon]

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