# how much insects in hot dogs?

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**Created:** [June 15, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-insects-in-hot-dogs/114254 "2002-06-15T19:41:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-insects-in-hot-dogs/114254/1 "2002-06-15T19:41:29Z")

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I mentioned to my son that there wa a certain legally allowed amount of insect parts in hot dogs, (which he doesn’t want to eat anymore;))  
What **are** the legal guidelines?  
Anyone?

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**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-insects-in-hot-dogs/114254/2 "2002-06-15T21:13:05Z")

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I’m not sure, but they are bugs in those fruit juice boxes too.

Probably more than in a hot dog, I’d think.

Or so they told me in school. It didn’t stop me from drinking them, though.

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**Author:** ![maco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@maco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maco)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-insects-in-hot-dogs/114254/3 "2002-06-15T21:29:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jinwicked \*  
> \*\*I’m not sure, but they are bugs in those fruit juice boxes too.
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> Probably more than in a hot dog, I’d think.
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> Or so they told me in school. It didn’t stop me from drinking them, though. \*\*

There are bugs in everything from peanut butter, chocolate, pretty much everything we eat, especially meat.

I don’t remember the amounts, I read a newspaper article a few years ago that told the amounts, but I can’t remember it all.

I tried searching google for this but really didn’t come up with much.

Odil

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**Author:** ![maco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@maco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maco)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-insects-in-hot-dogs/114254/4 "2002-06-15T21:32:46Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by vanilla \*  
> \*\*I mentioned to my son that there wa a certain legally allowed amount of insect parts in hot dogs, (which he doesn’t want to eat anymore;))  
> What **are** the legal guidelines?  
> Anyone? \*\*

I [found this](http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood/bugfood2.htm) , it’s halfway through the page, but it don’t list hot dogs.

Odil