Blueberries have worms ??

Question

My uncle is insisting that blueberrries must have a certain percentage of worms?? when bought by factories to process.

Is this true or is he full of it :) he says that its normal and they are inside blueberries...my yahoo search proved fruitless haha any thoughts on this here??

Answer 1

The site listed below says:

"Cranberry fruit worm

A serious pest of blueberries cranberries cherries . Infested berries may be harvested without detection, resulting in inspectors or consumers finding larvae in packaged berries.

Wild blueberries and cranberries are often heavily infested with the cranberry Fruitworms; if commercial fields are nearby they will likely have problems with this pest. Weedy, unkempt plantings are also likely to have higher populations of this insect."

http://www.geocities.com/green_cache/worms.html#Blueberry_fruitworm

I eat wild blueberries, and I doubt if this will make me stop. Hasn't bothered me in the past.

Answer 2

Thanks for that

I eat lots of raw blueberries and haven't found a worm yet

Answer 3

Your uncle is NUTS.