I have an observation and a question. I lived here in CR for 3 years, 2007-2010, and have moved back. I do not remember having bugs in my rice before. Today, I discovered that the rice I bought several months ago, which has been in a ziplock bag, and inside a seal/lock type container has the little black 'yucky' bugs throughout it. Before anyone says 'protein', I get it, I will not die from them, if cooked and eaten, but, the thought appauls me! And after finding them and throwing the rice out, I went to use the cooked, leftover rice which was in my refrigerator. And yes, you guessed it, I had cooked and eaten bugs already. Any suggestions on how to avoid getting any, or do we just give up because we bring them home with us from the store anyway?