Please answer here not via pictures: Part 1: Search online for the Food and Drug

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Please answer here not via pictures:

Part 1: Search online for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pamphlet “Food Defect Action Level” and find the acceptable levels of insect and rodent filth for five of the food products in your kitchen. Follow up with additional research and find the test methods for insect and rodent filth.

Part 2: What is a weed? Give a definition from different perspectives, even from the plant’s perspective.

Thank you!! :)

For the first question, visit this link:

https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/SanitationTransportation/ucm056174.htm

Explanation / Answer

Insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg. Of 30 gm insect fragments/ 10 gm

Avg of 1 or more rodent hairs / 10 gm

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of 5 or more insect equivalents/ 100gm

Avg of 4 or more rodent hairs/ 100gm.

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of 400 or more insect fragments/ 50 gm

Avg of more than 11 rodent hairs/ 50 gm

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of more than 50 insect fragments/ 25 gm

Avg of more than 6 rodent hairs/ 25 gm

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of more than 75 insect fragments/ 25 gm

Avg of more than 11 rodent hairs/ 25 gm

Detection of insect and rodent filth:

Filth is categorised as heavy, light and seiived.

Heavy filth materials are separated from products by sedimentation based on different densities of the food particles and immersion liquids.

Light filth materials which are oleophilic and separated from product by using an oil- aqueoud liquid mixture. Ex: insect fragments, rodent hairs.

seived filth: filth particles separated from product by using selected seive mesh sizes.

Part2:

Weed: a plant which is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth.

A weed is one which overgrow or choke out more desirable plants.

Weed is a plant considered as undesirable, unattractive ,troublesome especially that grows where it is not wanted and often grows fast or take the place of desired plants.

Someone who is thin and physically weak orvwho is weak in character are also called weeds.

Product Defect Action level Allspice, ground

Insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg. Of 30 gm insect fragments/ 10 gm

Avg of 1 or more rodent hairs / 10 gm

Apple butter

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of 5 or more insect equivalents/ 100gm

Avg of 4 or more rodent hairs/ 100gm.

Cinnamon

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of 400 or more insect fragments/ 50 gm

Avg of more than 11 rodent hairs/ 50 gm

Ground capsicum

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of more than 50 insect fragments/ 25 gm

Avg of more than 6 rodent hairs/ 25 gm

Ground paprika

insect filth

Rodent filth

Avg of more than 75 insect fragments/ 25 gm

Avg of more than 11 rodent hairs/ 25 gm

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