Plastic bags for products need to be washed

The vast majority of people use store bought disposable bags repeatedly, but few feel the need to wash them. Meanwhile, these bags are a breeding ground for bacteria.

We rarely throws plastic bags   after bringing them out of the store products. They are often used for these purposes, again and again, until completely wear out or become dirty. By itself, the plastic contains not too useful for food components. But even without this replay is dangerous to health, if only not to forget about hygiene.

As demonstrated by a study conducted in the US, only 15% of Americans regularly wash their bags and packages in which the products are transferred. This also applies to plastic bags In theory, it is disposable, bags and other materials intended for repeated use. Experts from the Academy of healthy nutrition and diets resemble that are hazardous to health can destroy the bacteria:

- From time to time, erasing the bags or packages in a washing machine or manually using hot water and soap;

- Regularly treating the surface of the kitchen, on which packages are stored. As handbags, packets carry bacteria from the back side of the bottom;

- Do not leave bags and packages in the trunk of a car.

"Cross-contamination of bacteria comes at a time when the juice from raw meat hits the ready-to-eat foods, such as bread, - says nutritionist Ruth Frenchman River. - It is therefore very important to stackable products, and better use of a few bags. The dirty packages a sufficient number of bacteria to infect any food. "

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