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Is everyone washing their groceries?

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IToldYouIWasFreaky · 26/03/2020 14:01

Not sure if I'm being paranoid or sensible but for the past week of so, I've been washing (with a dilute bleach solution) everything that comes into or leaves the house.
Any groceries are also washed in bleach, with loose fruit and veg being washed in washing up liquid and thoroughly rinsed.
I'm also regularly bleaching door handles and surfaces.
Obviously, we're all still washing our hands thoroughly and constantly.

Just wondered what other people were doing?

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goldpartyhat · 27/03/2020 16:40

No.

SquashedFlyBiscuit · 27/03/2020 19:19

Mines arriving tomorrow. They cant deliver to a garage or Id do that. There should be a bag of fresh stuff.

Im getting really anxious over this. The video says wash fruit with soapy water. So just fiary liquid in a bowl of water?? Then surely that wpuld work for the tins.

We dint have disinfectant.

I have antibac spray that says it kills h1n1.

J can make up bleach accoring to the insturctions. If it has tk be in the tins for 5 mj s/10mins wiping it with bleach wont work then?

Dont most people wipe with bleach.

I onlh usually use it fir the loo/sinks. I feel so out of my depth. Were high risk so have to get it right

Noflora · 29/03/2020 14:29

Shopping is a surface, surfaces are a risk. I think it is mean that people are mocking and equating it to overcleaning outside of this period. Vulnerable people who are self isolating are not being overcautious if they try to eliminate their main risk.

from the BBC site

But while there is no such thing as "zero risk", says Prof Bloomfield, it is packaging - handled by other people - that is a chief concern.

Online advice for food businesses says: "Food packaging is not known to present a specific risk." However, some independent experts have additional advice.

"For contained or packaged goods," says Prof Bloomfield, "either store them for 72 hours before using them or spray and wipe plastic or glass containers with bleach [that is carefully diluted as directed on the bottle].

"For unwrapped fresh goods, which could have been handled by anyone - wash thoroughly under running water and leave to dry," she adds.

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