Originally Posted by trooper

If you think so you had REALLY better refrain from eating anything you have not prepared from fresh raw materials yourself. A previous poster linked to the FDA's acceptable contamination levels.... fascinating reading. Of course food quality is generally MUCH better today than at any other time in history....at least now contaminants are almost always accidental (bugs etc falling into preparation vats , commercial kneading bowls and so on) rather than the purposeful adulteration (with cheaper and sometimes dangerous ingredients) that was endemic in earlier times....