Related for Chullin 134:3
על הארץ להוציא את הזיזין שבעדשים ואת היתושים שבכליסים ותולעת שבתמרים ושבגרוגרות
For one [Baraitha] teaches: [The verse,] '[Every creeping thing that creepeth] upon the earth', excludes mites found in lentils, bugs in pea pods, and insects in dates and dried figs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., these insects may be eaten together with the fruit.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Tosefta Terumot
One who eats an ant or a louse that is in produce is liable. [One who eats] a mite that is in lentils, or a gnat that is in k'lisin (a carob-like fruit), or a worm that is in dates or figs, is exempt. [The Sages then] reconsidered and changed their mind [and rendered him] liable. [One who eats] a worm in tree roots, or a [different species of] worm in vegetables is liable. [If he consumed] a red gnat within wine or vinegar, behold, this is permitted (מותרין not אסורין per Lieberman and GR"A). [On the subject of wine and vinegar,] Rabbi Yehudah says, those who filter wine or vinegar, and those who make a blessing over the sun (birkat hachama, a blessing made every 28 years), behold, these are foreign (i.e., heretical) practices.
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