>Now this ain't no shit . . .
>I'm a big coffee drinker. Back around 1971 or 72 there was a government
>study that talked about what the acceptable number of rat droppings and
>roaches in a sack of coffee. This was before it was ground into ground
coffee.
>I don't know about the rest of you, but my answer was "none."
>Another item I try not to think about while I'm consuming the product.
>Bill Barber
Bill, I'm pretty sure the FDA still has the "acceptable levels" standard for
insect parts and mouse droppings in fungible foodstuffs--not just coffee,
but corn, wheat, rice, etc. etc.
With some digging you could probably find it published somewhere.
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