Do you wash your shopping?

[ImfinallyaMummy]

Are you cleaning your shopping? Cans & packets etc? And what about your post?

[MigginsMs]

Bleach is poison for gods sake

[yummyscummymummy01]

That advice, the watered down bleach was advice I saw on the BBC somewhere. I don't do it as not keen on the bleach/food combination but am dettol spraying stuff before putting it away and washing fruit.

[cantmovewont]

I have recently moved home after living in developing countries for most of my adult life.
In Africa we washed all fresh fruit and veg in bleach then left to air dry. The breach evaporates it dries and leaves the veg clean. Since this started, after I bring the shopping home, I fill the sink with hot water and a capful
Of bleach then wipe everything
Down and leave to dry. Bacteria free but not sure if it's virus free??!? Makes me feel better though

[TowerRingInferno]

No

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

Nope, I don’t wash or quarantine my post either. The only thing that gets washed here is my hands

[raviolidreaming]

I just put it in the oven for 5 minutes at 70c. Can do a family shop in 3 oven loads. Anything that I don't need for a while I just hang on the washing line for 48 hours

I'm going to savour this, and my complete inability to determine whether it's a pisstake or not, as a reminder of the time 👌

[ladypete]

For everyone saying “just wash your hands” do you not worry about cross contamination in your cupboards/fridge?

I much rather know that everything in my home is sanitary. I even wash my keys after a shopping trip, and I’m not usually one to be OTT.

[MigginsMs]

For everyone saying “just wash your hands” do you not worry about cross contamination in your cupboards/fridge?

A lot less than I’d worry about my foods being contaminated by bleach!

I follow the advice given by the government. The virus doesn’t just affect you by jumping down Tory throat off tins of soup

[MigginsMs]

My husband is a chef. Or he is when he is working! They aren’t allowed to use bleach to clean areas for food prep. The reason for that presumably because it’s poisonous?

[MigginsMs]

Down your throat. Maybe it does jump down Tory throat which is why a few of the gov have had it. Get well soon Boris.

[NunchukNinja]

www.cieh.org/media/4080/covid-19-safe-shopping-guidelines.pdf

I found this useful from the chartered institute of environmental health. I would never have done this before c19 but we have safe spot inside front door and wash all cupboardy stuff with warm soapy water and thoroughly wash under running water for all fruit and veg. Ditch as much packaging as possible. One key reason is that my family are all struggling with the don’t touch your face, and teen growing by the minute and ravenous is struggling with remembering to wash hands after rifling through the cupboards. Feels like I’m protecting us all by being vigilant when putting shopping away. Boring but worth it for my state of mind. The doc linked to above is good, talks about using your non dominant hand as much as possible as it reduces the chances of touching your face with it later on.

[Grobagsforever]

I just burn it all on entry

[RapidRainbow]

I watched a YouTube video by a US Doctor who showed how to wash shopping in a sanitary way. He washed down his surface then split it into two sides, the side for unwashed food and the side for washed food, he used a disinfectant spray on a cloth. It was similar to what I already do however I picked up the (simple and obvious once you think of it!) tip from him that you can take things like cereal, multipacks of things out of their original packaging, throw the outer package away and not have to worry about what is inside. So we always end up with a huge pile that goes straight into recycle bin then we always mop and wipe around afterwards.

Fruit and veg is put in the sink with slightly soapy water then washed and rinsed, same with milk deliveries.

I'm shopping for two other households too (parents and in laws) and do it for all, can be a lengthy process but it actually helps us feel as though we have some structure to our week (regular delivery slot) and gives us a sense of achievement when it's done! We bag there food into fresh bags and use sanitary wipes when holding the handles as we drop them off to their doors (distancing before they collect). It works well.

One of us opens the post and washes hands straight after, most post binned immediately or shot into cupboard awaiting filing. You can presume a lot of letters have been put in envelopes mechanically so letters inside the envelopes are not a huge risk, same for anything that may have been packed more than 3 days before (general rule of thumb is that 3 days is the longest Covid can survive on surfaces in regular, non-manufactured conditions).

[cantata]

For everyone saying “just wash your hands” do you not worry about cross contamination in your cupboards/fridge?

Short answer: no.

[Parker231]

No - no difference in how we handle food shopping and post.

[Fortheloveofscience]

No. Not washing anything other than my hands when I get back from shopping, once I've put things away and when I've handled post.

[Allgirlmum]

No washing food etc I unpack wash my hands after unpacking and wipe door handles and keys and phone that's it

Regular hand hygiene
Showering after shopping
Washing clothes after shopping

[CoughKeepsOnComing]

No!

..but my very DM is washing ALL her shopping items (including things packaged in cardboard ) in warm soapy water!

I think DM has the right idea as she almost certainly would not make it out alive if she caught CV.

[Lunafortheloveogod]

No, I’ve already touched it, my keys, my doors, likely my phone at some point, my purse, my bank card and several other things.. even drank from a bottle in the bag of shopping since we can’t get a slot it’s a 5 mile round trip on foot (yay no local buses!)

I’d have already infected myself before I got home.

[mumof4males]

@ladypete

Same here
Hot bubbly soap wash it all down

Stuff that can't be washed dit's in a box for 3/4 days including post... I'll open it read it and pop in there, then wash hands etc

[mumof4males]

It was actually nhs advice before this to wash all fruit and veg ... I think it was because of the ecoli outbreak
My Nan died of that too :/
Better to be safe than sorry.

[WiseUpJanetWeiss]

Bleach is poison for gods sake

Sodium hypochlorite solution is used to wash prepackaged salad and to disinfect baby bottles. I’m happy rinsing my fruit & veg in it then rinsing with water.

[WiseUpJanetWeiss]

I just burn it all on entry

[Shadowdoor21]

I wash the fridge stuff. The rest I leave in the bags in the hall for at least 4 days. Freezer stuff just goes straight in the freezer, meh.

Then I jump in the shower though.

[StSaulOfSnacks]

Yes