[DenimDave]

I'm reading a teaspoon of unscented regular bleach per gallon of water to kill off any germs in fresh food. Has anyone been doing this? Are there tricks to it?

I know fresh beats canned or frozen, while you can get it, but keeping the fresh safe is a concern.

Thanks in advance

 

[Jack Swilling]

Bleach produces nasty by-products
Water works well
If I used anything other than water it would be diluted vinegar
Testing done with "produce cleaners" showed zero benefit so clearly, that most are gone from the market

 

[Snyper708]

Cooking kills most germs.
Bleach is overkill, although a weak solution wouldn't be harmful.

keeping the fresh safe is a concern.

It's no more a concern today than it was a few months ago, or even since the beginning of time.

 

[IamZeke]

Vinegar makes a much safer fruit and vegetable wash.

Use a pump bottles and spritz it all down well.

Then a nice rise with clean water after the acid does its job for a minute or so.

 

[roseman]

We use vinegar.

 

[Freja]

We use vinegar in a spray bottle for nearly everything. Cleaning, weeds etc.

 

[charliemeyer007]

I try hard to avoid chlorine. +1 for vinegar as a germ killer. Colloidal silver works too.

There are products for rinsing vegetables, might help wash off farm and other chemicals, and the germs from handling by some nose or other orifice picker at the store.

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/re...MIhMPjoMaq5wIVQx-tBh3wQQ4JEAQYAiABEgL8f_D_BwE

 

[Colt]

I'm reading a teaspoon of unscented regular bleach per gallon of water to kill off any germs in fresh food. Has anyone been doing this? Are there tricks to it?

I know fresh beats canned or frozen, while you can get it, but keeping the fresh safe is a concern.

Thanks in advance

Bad idea. You can bleach the surface all you want. For fresh food whatever was on the outside is going to end up on the inside. If your food is contaminated with harmful germs you need to cook it to a safe temperature or you don't get fresh food.

 

[maintenanceguy]

I don't know anything about washing fruit. I know about washing hands. When washing hands in health care, studies have shown that it's the abrasive action of scrubbing that gets rid of the germs, not the anti-bacterial soap that's used.

If I was concerned about apples having germs, I would wash them under running water and be done with it.