Finding Things In Food That Shouldn't Be In Food

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Okay, so there was a story about a year ago coming out of High Point shopping center when a woman found maggots in her Sushi, this was indicative of the fact the Sushi was clearly at least a day old given it takes Maggots a good 24 hours to hatch: Click here

And then today a woman has alleged that she found a dead Mouse in a Rice Paper Roll in Queensland. Be warned, the picture in this article is graphic: Article here

So what say you, have you ever found anything weird in something you've eaten?
Personally, I've been lucky enough to avoid such a fate.

Any general comments on these goings on?

 

[Jazzy]

The only weird thing I've ever come across was hair in my food.

 

[Evil Eye]

:that: And given your examples I'm quite glad of it.

 

[DrLeftover]

I've looked at the list of ingredients on packaged food in the supermarket and found things that Shouldn't be in food.

"Such as" somebody is going to ask.

OK, fair enough.

Let's start with plain old sawdust, "cellulose" if you want to call it by it's fancy name.

It turns up in the damnedest places:

Kellogg's® Eggo® Blueberry waffles
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), water, vegetable oil (soybean, palm, and/or canola oil), dextrose, eggs, sugar, contains 2% or less of leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavors, blueberries, cellulose gum, citric acid, whey, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake.

http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/kelloggs-eggo-blueberry-waffles.html

Duncan Hines: Classic Devil's Food Cake Mix
Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats, Mono And Diglycerides), Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali, Dextrose, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate). Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Food Starch, Wheat Starch, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Maltodextrin, Artificial Flavors.

http://www.duncanhines.com/products/cakes/classic-devils-food-cake-mix/

FISH FILET PATTY
Allergens: FISH (POLLOCK), WHEAT AND MILK

Ingredients: Pollock, Wheat Flour, Water, Modified Food Starch, Contains 2% or Less: Yellow Corn Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey, Dextrose, Dried Yeast, Sugar, Cellulose Gum, Colored with Paprika and Turmeric Extract, Spice Extractives.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.chickenfish.5926.filetofish.html

 

[Raven]

^ Glad someone posted this Dr.

Never found anything other than manky gristle (I've cut down my meat intake so much in the last month.) or a hair.

As for what is actually IN food! YUCK!
Most foods contain GMOs

And it's not just food.

 

[DrLeftover]

Well, most processed foods contain Genetically Modified items simply because NON-GMO simply is not available.

For instance: Sugar. something on the order of 90% of available sugar is from genetically tinkered with crops.

Check it out, this will make you go plant your own garden:

Approximately 93 percent of the canola grown in the U.S. is from genetically modified seed.
....
90 percent of that corn is from genetically modified seeds.
....
Approximately 88 percent of the cotton grown in the U.S. is from genetically modified seeds.
....
The USDA estimates show that 95 percent of all sugar beets grown in the U.S. are genetically modified.

http://www.nestleusa.com/nutrition/about-our-foods-and-beverages/about-genetically-modified-crops-in-the-us


As such, even if something contains GMO sugar, it CAN still call itself "Organic" or "Natural" or whatever, and do so legally, because there is simply no other option.

And, since most people won't believe it because they've been told otherwise by TV commercials and some quack with a talk show, here's the legalese from the government's own regulatory body:

Products sold, labeled, or represented as “organic.” A raw or processed agricultural product sold, labeled, or represented as “organic” must contain (by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt) not less than 95 percent organically produced raw or processed agricultural products. Any remaining product ingredients must be organically produced, unless not commercially available in organic form, or must be nonagricultural substances or nonorganically produced agricultural products produced consistent with the National List in subpart G of this part. If labeled as organically produced, such product must be labeled pursuant to §205.303.

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=5f8242ec4a05ae312b896d6d46358d80&node=7:3.1.1.9.32.4.354.2&rgn=div8


This is now a bit out of date and some of the links have died, but things have only gotten worse in the last couple of years:
http://themediadesk.com/files8/gmofood.htm

 

[DrLeftover]

Next:

Food Irradiation: What You Need to Know
Food irradiation (the application of ionizing radiation to food) is a technology that improves the safety and extends the shelf life of foods by reducing or eliminating microorganisms and insects. Like pasteurizing milk and canning fruits and vegetables, irradiation can make food safer for the consumer.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for regulating the sources of radiation that are used to irradiate food. FDA approves a source of radiation for use on foods only after it has determined that irradiating the food is safe.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm261680.htm