posted 6 days ago
Rinse for using containers over and over again procedure. so many years in military and highly regulated industries has me thinking that a triple rinse is what you need to be sure contaminates are no longer a concern. well that may be the case for sending a hazardous waste containers out for recycle but well I'm interested in making sure the glass milk jug is ready for other use without wasting further sterilization efforts. so as to not waste well water, nor highly co-vetted heated well water nor needlessly introducing chemicals to the process, i would like to know what standard practices you do?
My normal is to add 10% volume of container fresh water to jug, shake violently, dump add 5% volume and shake again, dump. then 10% and shake crazy random motions to get any left over spots and dump then figure it's clean enough for putting anything of value into the container for use...
what I would like to know am I lacking soap, bleach, vinegar, or some other step necessary to get a reasonable clean without introducing "bad stuff" to my septic system. granted I can travel to rural Mexico and drink the water without any ill effects, so my tolerance for stray pathogens may not be a realistic matrix for the rest of my family to be safe... what are all of you doing to reasonably clean containers to prepare them for food storage?
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