So...I'm exporting Wheat Gluten from China and rats are eating my products....

[Junkdrawer]

How do I maximize profit and control the rodent spoilage?

:think:

[uppityperson]

1. Same as is done all over.

poison rats, get cats, pass laws to allow a certain amount of rat feces in the food product.

[htuttle]

2. Or, you're growing wheat in China, and demand is outstripping supply...

...so you look at the bins of rodentcide-treated seed wheat sitting there, and decide that what the heck -- wheat is wheat. So you send the treated seeds to the gluten processing plant, bypassing the growing cycle and maximizing production.

[kestrel91316]

3. A scenario that warrants further investigation, certainly.....................

[Junkdrawer]

4. Especially if it's old seed...

I think you may have something there...

[drm604]

5. Wow, that makes perfect sense.

Looking around the net it appears that treating seed wheat with fungicides is common practice. Maybe China also treats it with rodenticide.