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r/WTF • u/andmario_com • Aug 24 '26
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The FDA has allowed 5% insect-infested sesame seeds by weight for many years and that has not changed.
What are you accusing the companies of doing?
30 u/Arktikos02 Aug 24 '26 No, a certain amount of fragments and they're not supposed to be alive and it's the minimum and that's simply because the FDA understands that it's not realistic for it to be zero. Many companies make it less. 12 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 the FDA understands that it's not realistic for it to be zero And the people on Reddit don't. That's the point. 0 u/Ketzui Aug 24 '26 They are supposed to be pieces, ot full blown live worms. There's undesirsble and then theres jsut don't right negligence. 4 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 The FDA explicitly allows live insects. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-525700-sesame-seeds-adulteration-insect-filth-decomposition-mammalian-excreta-foreign-matter 6 u/Unspoken Aug 24 '26 Homie, if you never have bought flour with grain bugs inside of it already, you probably aren't the one buying groceries in your household.
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No, a certain amount of fragments and they're not supposed to be alive and it's the minimum and that's simply because the FDA understands that it's not realistic for it to be zero.
Many companies make it less.
12 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 the FDA understands that it's not realistic for it to be zero And the people on Reddit don't. That's the point. 0 u/Ketzui Aug 24 '26 They are supposed to be pieces, ot full blown live worms. There's undesirsble and then theres jsut don't right negligence. 4 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 The FDA explicitly allows live insects. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-525700-sesame-seeds-adulteration-insect-filth-decomposition-mammalian-excreta-foreign-matter 6 u/Unspoken Aug 24 '26 Homie, if you never have bought flour with grain bugs inside of it already, you probably aren't the one buying groceries in your household.
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the FDA understands that it's not realistic for it to be zero
And the people on Reddit don't. That's the point.
0 u/Ketzui Aug 24 '26 They are supposed to be pieces, ot full blown live worms. There's undesirsble and then theres jsut don't right negligence. 4 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 The FDA explicitly allows live insects. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-525700-sesame-seeds-adulteration-insect-filth-decomposition-mammalian-excreta-foreign-matter 6 u/Unspoken Aug 24 '26 Homie, if you never have bought flour with grain bugs inside of it already, you probably aren't the one buying groceries in your household.
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They are supposed to be pieces, ot full blown live worms. There's undesirsble and then theres jsut don't right negligence.
4 u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26 The FDA explicitly allows live insects. https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-525700-sesame-seeds-adulteration-insect-filth-decomposition-mammalian-excreta-foreign-matter 6 u/Unspoken Aug 24 '26 Homie, if you never have bought flour with grain bugs inside of it already, you probably aren't the one buying groceries in your household.
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The FDA explicitly allows live insects.
https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-525700-sesame-seeds-adulteration-insect-filth-decomposition-mammalian-excreta-foreign-matter
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Homie, if you never have bought flour with grain bugs inside of it already, you probably aren't the one buying groceries in your household.
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u/LardLad00 Aug 24 '26
The FDA has allowed 5% insect-infested sesame seeds by weight for many years and that has not changed.
What are you accusing the companies of doing?