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I eat frozen berries a lot in smoothies, is there a way to remove the

mold, could I soak them in ACV or salt?

From:

" kendra zoa " <kendraz@...>

To:

" Kendra " <kendraz@...>

Date:

04/01/2011 03:23 AM

Subject:

[ ] we've been eating insects & MOLD without knowing it!

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Dear friends,

the article below does not even begin to reveal the whole problem. See

below

for what I discovered when scan the fda list.

MOLD " mycotoxin producing fungi " !

By looking thru the entire list of foods, it's clear to me that some of

the

foods are at such high risk of contamination that they should never be

eaten, like Canned and Frozen BERRIES with 59% mold acceptable--totally

insane!

Canned and Frozen BERRIES are only defective by fda standards

" When Average of mold count is 60% or more " !!

" SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic- " --AESTHETIC?? WHAT??

I'll never eat commercial Canned and Frozen BERRIES or apple butter again!

I had no idea these foods were so loaded with mold, which make me so ill.

No wonder so many are sick. WE must grow our own local foods. Stop this

insanity of mass producing foods shipped around the world.

Also discovered why I could not tolerate even " organic " raw brazil

nuts--the

presence of mold is so high.

I recently was eating brazil nuts and had few that tasted so awful, spit

it

out and eventually threw out the entire bag of expensive nuts.

===

The FDA has established guidelines for a number of contaminants that it

will

allow in our food supply. Mainstreet.com has assembled a list of some of

the

most common products for which the FDA has set contamination thresholds.

Here's just a taste of what they found:

Potato Chips The FDA only takes action when 6 percent or more of chips

show

rot from pre- or post-harvest infection.

Tomatoes Acceptable levels of mold contamination go as low as 15 percent

in

canned tomatoes to as high as 45 percent for ketchup. And the FDA allows

up

to 30 fly eggs per every 100 grams of tomato sauces, or up to two maggots

per every 100 grams of tomato juice.

Raisins The FDA won't mandate action unless 10 or more whole or equivalent

Drosophila flies and 35 of its eggs are found per 8 ounces of raisins.

Macaroni To take action, the FDA must find either an average of 225 insect

fragments per 225 grams in six sub-samples, or an average of 4.5 rodent

hairs per 225 grams in six sub-samples.

To learn more about what Mainstreet.com found, you can click on the link

below.

http://www.mainstreet.com/slideshow/lifestyle/food-drink/17-foods-scary-surp

rises?cm_ven=outbrain & psv=outbrainselectedarticle & obref=obnetwork

I'm absolute committed to growing my own nuts too.

http://www.fda.gov/food/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation/guidancedocu

ments/sanitation/ucm056174.htm#intro

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ALLSPICE, WHOLE Mold

(MPM-V32) Average of 5% or more berries by weight are moldy

DEFECT SOURCE: : Preharvest and/or post harvest infection

SIGNIFICANCE: Potential health hazard - may contain mycotoxin producing

fungi

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----

APPLE BUTTER Mold

(AOAC 975.51) Average of mold count is 12% or more

Rodent filth

(AOAC 945.76) Average of 4 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of apple

butter

Insects

(AOAC 945.76) Average of 5 or more whole or equivalent insects (not

counting

mites, aphids, thrips, or scale insects) per 100 grams of apple butter

DEFECT SOURCE: Mold - post harvest infection. Rodent hair - post harvest

and/or processing contamination with animal hair. Whole or equivalent

insects - preharvest, and/or post harvest and/or processing insect

infestation,

SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

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ASPARAGUS, CANNED OR FROZEN Insect filth

(MPM-V93) 10% by count of spears or pieces are infested with 6 or more

attached asparagus beetle eggs and/or sacs

Insects

(MPM-V93) Asparagus contains an average of 40 or more thrips per 100 grams

OR

Insects (whole or equivalent) of 3mm or longer have an average aggregate

length of 7mm or longer per 100 grams of asparagus

DEFECT SOURCE: Pre-harvest insect infestation

SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

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BERRIES

Drupelet, Canned and Frozen (blackberries, raspberries, etc.) Mold

(AOAC 955.47) Average mold count is 60% or more

Insects and larvae

(AOAC 981.20) Average of 4 or more larvae per 500 grams

OR

Average of 10 or more whole insects or equivalent per 500 grams (excluding

thrips, aphids and mites)

DEFECT SOURCE: Insects and larvae - preharvest insect infestation. Mold -

post harvest infection

SIGNIFICANCE: Aesthetic

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