Restaurant and Food Blog June Archive

Maggots in your Mushrooms

By Bill at 06/16/07 10:20

19 maggots per 100 grams of drained mushrooms is ok! If the FDA finds 20 or more maggots per 100 grams of drained mushrooms they will recommend legal action.

However, only 4 maggots are allowed if they are larger than 2 millimeters.

For complete details from the U.S. Government: Mushrooms and Maggots

I realize you are probably completely disgusted to learn that your delicious mushrooms might have 19 small maggots or 4 of the big ones... but some might not even consider those quantities to be bad... next time consider ordering a pizza with mushrooms and maggots!

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