Is it safe to re-use plastic food storage bags that have contained meat products?
If so what is the safest way to clean them?
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Wash them with warm/hot water & soap. I would only recommend putting the same type of things in it. For example, if it previously had chicken then don’t put fruit or veggies.
But I wouldn’t reuse it; just my the cheaper brands – Aldi’s, Family Dollar both sell them.
plastic is porous so it holds the “bad stuff”
I would not because you would probably spend more on cleaning products and time than is worth it for a bag
(if you really want to use bleach)
NO!!!
If you clean them with warm water and dish detergent (preferable antibacterial or microbial), you can reuse them
I’ve washed and dryed then really well and used them for non food items.
I wouldn’t reuse bags that held raw meat. I do rewash with hot soapy water and let dry, to reuse bags that held chips, sandwiches, other stuff that’s not raw meats, milk, or egg products. Better to be safe than sorry!
NO!
I would not do it.
Negative. No. As far as sanitation goes: even if you use hot soapy water, the bags are very difficult to get completelly dry. Just buy new bags
I would not re-use any plastics that have previously
contained fresh meat.