Pat Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Karleen Gribble wrote:
> >I heard rumours that the beetles were cockroaches. Can anyone here confirm
> >or deny?

> They were cochineal insects (dactylpius ) used for red coloring in Starbucks
> Frappichino (or some such drink.)

Hi Pat, 

Can I ask you the source of your information? The FDA recall notice
states that the beetles are "a common type of warehouse beetle", which
suggests a Trogoderma species.

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm226941.htm

http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storage-entrepose/sip-irs/wb-te-eng.htm

Lara Hopkins 

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