Wiping Down Shopping

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This might have already been covered but without trawling through I just thought I’d ask anyway.

So...when you get your shopping home (or delivered) are you all cleaning every single item? If so, what are you using to clean with? Would an antibacterial wipe be suffice or does it need to be bleach? I am wiping things over with antibacterial wipe but a bit half heartedly tbh. It’s quite a daunting task having to wipe every single item before putting it away in the fridge/freezer/cupboard.
Just wondered how everyone else is tackling this.

Isolating the cupboard stuff in the garage for a couple of days. Wiping down the fridge / freezer stuff with hot water and washing up liquid, then cleaning surface and washing hands. (Have turned into my mother...!) Appears to be a good system. Also discarding some packaging lime cardboard around yoghurts.

Yes I do, as germs can linger in plastic. It takes a while but I have a big bowl of bleach water and wipe everything, even bananas! 😂

Yes, I've been using a cleaning spray that already has bleach in it to wipe down everything for over a month now.

TBH- I'm not sure whether the bleach concentration is enough to kill a virus, but I guess I feel like I'm doing something and possibly reducing the risk of bringing something in. I'm vulnerable, so doing what I can. Its a pain when I've had a delivery, BUT, I'm not doing much else at the moment! I also wash the shopping bags the delivery comes in.

Yes washing and wiping in mild bleach, last time I was shopping some dirty bastard was coughing and sneezing all over his hands then picking stuff up and putting it back.

Made me realise there's a risk so I've started doing it.

People are grim.

No i'm not washing my shopping.

I’m high risk, and do this now.

But I didn’t until I saw Dr Xand say that it might be worth it. And I do tend to trust the qualified doctors going a Q&A on the BBC

Things I can’t wipe down. I would quarantine. But most stuff is packaged as I’m buying entirely online for the duration

Nope I keep the bags in the car and pack in the boot. But I don't wash the packaging when I get home. I wash my hands when I get home.

My dad is vulnerable and having his shopping done. He does wipe them down. But he is at home all the the time.

Covid19 is here to stay long term when people are back at work with some normality and less time are they really still going to be washing everything from all shops?

No I just wash my hands .

I don't. The only thing I try to be careful with is getting bread out, as think it would be easy to touch the bag and then bread straight away. I open bag, wash hands, get bread out, seal back up and wash hands again.

I work in a supermarket. None of us have caught CV-19 from packaging (even though we have to shelve/reshelve stuff that's been handled by hundreds of people). Not one of us.

I think Germany did the work into the virus living on surfaces, but couldn't prove that a single case had been transmitted that way. Like a PP said, if it did live on packaging, surely there should be news coming out EVERY DAY of people who'd isolated completely catching it from shopping/mail/deliveries/milk bottles etc?

I remove as much packaging as possible eg tip multipack crisps into a box, kitkats into tin etc and wipe everything else with a Milton solution.

Totally OTT. Wash your hands. That is all.

Yes I do. Use anti bac wipes (that kill viruses too) sprayed with extra disinfectant to make them foamy. Wondering why I never did it before now I’m more aware of how many germs could potentially be on it! It’s only a twice a week, 10 min job.

I’m going to have to switch to a weak bleach solution and cloth though as I can’t get wipes anywhere, probably everyone else is using them for the same thing.

I'm not high risk, I will sometimes rage against the lockdown (but be indoors whilst doing so) however I do wipe down the packaging when I get home as I when I heard this advice I thought it was sensible. You still see people picking things up and then putting them down again and it is in the supermarket that I personally feel I am most at risk to exposure of the virus.

I do the same with regards to emptying multi packs, removing cardboard from yoghurts, pizzas etc so I don’t have to wipe them.

No

No cleaning here.

We do a big shop and immediately unpack discarding packaging wherever possible. Then it probably doesn't get used immediately which reduces the risk.

Lots of hand washing while cooking.

DC who are probably worse at hand washing eat cooked meals or snacks from decanted boxes.

Like a PP said bread is probably the biggest potential hazard. But we get long life bread (overseas) so that's probably been in our house for a week before it's used. I might start decanting a loaf into a large Tupperware tub though.

I'm wiping packets & cans down with a solution of washing up liquid & spray disinfectant. Loose fruit and vegetables get a soapy wash & rinse.

I ditch as much outer packaging as possible and wipe everything with soapy water. I was using Dettol spray but I've run out and and I'm not sure I want to be spraying food with it anyway.
I don't buy loose fruit and veg if I can avoid it and try not to use it straight away so any virus has time to die. I do peel or wash before use anyway.
I am binning envelopes that post arrives in and washing hands.
I've called down a bit compared to how I was initially, but actually I think it's a good idea to wash cans and bottles anyway because they get dirty on shelves in supermarkets even without viruses.

We are told that washing your hands with soap or detergent breaks down the virus by destroying its greasy film.

Therefore, I guess that foamy washing up liquid on a sponge will work on anything you wish to wipe. I don't see the need for bleach or other products that may taint food.

Shopping bags can get quite grimy.

There is no indication that this virus is transmitted on surfaces. It may technically be present on surfaces but that is very different to transmission from surfaces.
If shopping is being cleaned, the same would apply to shoes, clothes, wheels of buggies etc. Again, there is simply no evidence that this virus is contradicted this way. Most evidence is to the contrary. It's spread via concentrated aerosol droplets.

I antibac every single item. I got my shopping delivered yesterday and it took me over an hour but worth it. It makes me feel better knowing I have done it. I do have at high risk DP and a young baby. I can't wait for the day when we don't have to worry about wiping down our shopping though

Kitchen roll and anti bac spray for anything that's can't be removed from packaging. The virus can live for several days on packaging and you do not know who has handled it before you or whether they have the virus so it's a bit silly not to clean it.

I have 2 members of my household shielding and the 5 extra minutes it takes is worth it as opposed to the alternative of killing one of them when I bring home the shopping.

Wasn't there a CDC study that suggested the virus could live on the sole of the shoe?

All sounds way OTT to time.

What do you people do with your post?

Say you pick a packet of crisps up on your shop, do you not just get in the car open and eat them? A bottle of drink when you are getting petrol, would you really go home and disinfect it before drinking?

Are you not getting takeaways?