Are you unknowingly eating rat droppings?

Question

Or pieces of rat carcases?

Large quantities of corn are stored in huge silos. If rats live in these silos, what becomes of them when the corn is removed to be made into food? Does anybody pick out the dead rats? How could they remove the rat feces?

Answer 1

If this idea bothers you, do NOT eat any packaged herbs and spices. They are allowed a certain "Filth Level" at processing - and you don't want to know what that means...

"ASTA Cleanliness Specifications

For purposes of these Specifications, extraneous matter is defined as everything foreign to the product itself and-includes, but is not restricted to: stones, dirt, wire, string, stem, sticks, non-toxic foreign seeds, excreta, manure and animal contamination. The level of contaminants permitted under these specification must fall below those shown on the following table, except for the column "Whole insects, Dead" which cannot exceed the limits shown- "

Answer 2

Any ground grain products will inheritantly have trace quantities of rodent feces, insect parts, leafy materials, etc.

Don't think about. It won't hurt you. Just eat.

Answer 3

i knowingly eat rat droppings great source of fibre and plague