"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Has anyone tried this organic brand? I have no clue where I bought
>> this bag and thankfully it was a small one.
>>
>> I took it out of the cupboard and immediately noticed two dark brown
>> things inside that were about the same size and shape as the rice but
>> not quite. At first I assumed that it was some stray grain of another
>> kind or something. But now. I picked them out, put them on a white
>> paper plate to view them better, then saw two more.
>>
>> I immediately ran to the computer and looked up images of mice turds.
>> Which these may well be. I really can't say for sure. But I also
>> noticed that the grains of rice didn't look very good. Some were
>> more white than others and some appeared to be broken. So, into the
>> Biobag it went because I didn't want to take any chances.
>>
>> The bag was totally sealed. No holes or anything. I must have been
>> in a hurry when I picked it up. But I don't think I will be trying
>> this brand again. Blech.
>
> Hi Julie,
>
> I can't speak to this particular brand but rice, flours and pastas can
> very easily be infested. It's more of a problem in some areas than
> others.
>
> It was particularily a problem in Japan so they have these:
>
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> Smaller version of link :-)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ltnl6sm
>
> These are actually pretty much airtight. Then if there are bugs, they
> get trapped in there.
>
> A better way to deal with such is if you have a spare freezer, freeze
> all such goods for at least 2 days as soon as you bring them home.
>
> What I have personally found is organic grains are more apt to have
> 'issues' because the standard preventives for that can't be used.
>
> BTW, the spots were more likely to be rice hull bits not properly
> separated out.

What I found really did look like tiny turds or rocks. I did not find a
problem linked to this brand but to others. This rice came in a bag. It
was totally sealed so I bought it with whatever it was in there. Normally I
buy rice in a plastic jug but that kind is more expensive. When someone is
sick and needs to eat a lot of rice, I usually just buy some cheap kind.
Obviously this was a mistake!

I don't know what you mean by "spots". I didn't see any spots. It was more
like the grains were getting broken down but then if there were mice in
there eating the stuff that would explain it.

From now on though I will for sure take a better look at any rice that I buy
and I will avoid those in paper or cloth bags that I can not see into.