Jim-

>OKAY. OKAY. I yield.

Just call me "Mistress". *vvvvbg*

>But I remain optimistic that there is lots of work going on in this area and that the market will demand even more, to the point that some acceptable definition of "defect free" will be a reality.

We are in violent agreement. There's always room for improvement, in everyting.

>I suppose much in the way that while we, the public, expect and assume that our canned goods contain only what the label says, govenrment standards allow that a maximum of insect parts be in the can too.

Yes, interesting that we expect that (and clean water) and yet we keep cutting the budgets for food inspectors, dropping standards, and our water isn't the cleanest in the world. But that's a nother thread for a nother forum. ;-)

>I'll have to be more careful in any future pronouncements (not likely!).

Ah, where's the fun in that?