<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="BusinessInsider" data-layout="full" data-count="default"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p dir="ltr"><span>You probably don't want to eat insect heads and rodent droppings&#xa0;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">but you're likely consuming them anyways. Don't worry, you're not downing tons of them, but the FDA allows a certain amount in processed foods.</span></p><p><span><em>Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig.</em></span></p><p><strong>Follow BI Video:&#xa0;</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BI_Video" target="_blank">On&#xa0;Twitter</a>&#xa0;</p>

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MAGGOTS, INSECT HEADS, AND MICE: Here are some of the 'defects' the FDA allows inside processed food

kalturavideoplaceholderYou probably don't want to eat insect heads and rodent droppings&#xa0;but you're likely consuming them anyways. Don't worry, you're not downing tons of them, but the FDA allows a certain amount in processed foods.Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video:&#xa0;On&#xa0;Twitter&#xa0;

kalturavideoplaceholderYou probably don't want to eat insect heads and rodent droppings&#xa0;but you're likely consuming them anyways. Don't worry, you're not downing tons of them, but the FDA allows a certain amount in processed foods.

MAGGOTS, INSECT HEADS, AND MICE: Here are some of the 'defects' the FDA allows inside processed food

Emmanuel Ocbazghi,Jessica Orwig

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