Additional Examples
| Product | Type of insect contamination | Action Level |
|---|---|---|
| Canned sweet corn | Insect larvae (corn ear worms or corn borers) | 2 or more 3 mm or longer larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments, the aggregate length of insects or insect parts exceeds 12 mm in 24 pounds |
| Canned citrus fruit juices | Insects and insect eggs | 5 or more Drosophila and other fly eggs per 250 ml or 1 or more maggots per 250 ml |
| Canned apricots | Insect filth | Average of 2% or more by count has been damaged or infected by insects |
| Chocolate and chocolate liquor | Insect filth | Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams (when 6 100 g subsamples are examined) |
| Peanut butter | Insect filth | Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams |
| Wheat flour | Insect filth | Average of 150 or more insect fragments per 100 grams |
| Frozen broccoli | Insects and mites | Average of 60 or more aphids and/or thrips and/or mites per 100 grams |
| Hops | Insects | Average of more than 2,500 aphids per 10 grams |
| Ground thyme | Insect filth | Average of 925 or more insect fragments per 10 grams |
| Ground nutmeg | Insect filth | Average of 100 or more insect fragments per 10 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | Insect filth | Average of 400 or more insect fragments per 50 grams |
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