Thank God for fruit and vegetable delivery service, we can still eat healthy this community quarantine period. Yaya-less moms like me cannot go to the market or grocery since it is not safe to leave the kids at home nor take them outside the house.
Anyway, how do I disinfect fruits and vegetables in view of the Corona Virus? Health experts say since vegetables and fruits are porous, they can be washed in soapy water for 20 seconds. So, that is what I do and then air dry the fruits in scratch papers we have around the house. After that the fruits will be safe and ready for peeling, slicing, refrigerating or eating
Disinfecting grocery items against COVID-19
Spent the first hour and a half of the day disinfecting the groceries, fruits and vegetables i bought a couple of days ago. As moms, i think this will be our new normal with #coronavirus lurking around.
Sharing with you the video of CNN Chief Medical Correspondent SanJay Gupta as well as the video of Dr. Jeffrey Van Wingman who both demonstrated how to disinfect grocery items,fruits, veggies and even take out food during this time of pandemic and moving forward.
Personally, to make things easier for me i made a disinfection solution in a pail and soaked the plastic, bottled and canned items there for three minutes and rinsed it off. It was easier for me to just soak, rinse and repeat everything.
For the meat, poultry and seafood that i bought (some through contactless delivery like the fruits and veggies), i removed them from their bags right away, washed and repackaged them in my freezer ziplocs and containers. Of course unlike the non perishable items i have to freeze these items right away.
As for other stuff like those in cartons i followed the doctor’s advice. The veggies and fruits, i soaked in warm sudsy water and washed it as if am washing my hands — 20 seconds especially for those we eat unpeeled like eggplant, ampalaya, and tomatoes.
I did not forget to wash and sanitize the containers I left the groceries and fruits on for three days till i washed them. And of course i disinfected my working area after i disinfected all these.
Kapagod ka COVID, lalo dumami trabaho naming mommies!
Hope this helps, and if you need more pandemic homemaking tips, please check out our latest post on how to make a disinfection spray at home here. You can also browse our Facebook album on Pandemic Homemaking, as well as our Pinterest Board and Instagram Feed. Thanks and till next post!