When you cook, you probably take time to clean the countertop and the oven, but germs are everywhere in the kitchen. You may not know it, but your kitchen is like a level 4 bio-hazard lab and you should really wear one of those Outbreak suits. OK, so it may not be Ebola, but that doesn’t mean the germs lurking in the cracks and crevices can’t make you sick.
The Refrigerator
It’s cold. Germs can’t live in that, can they? Do you ever get a cold in the winter? ‘Nuff, said. The fridge isn’t freezing anything. It’s just keeping it at a cold temperature. Raw meat can be chock full of little nasties, but we still store it in the fridge. A little meat or blood spills in the meat drawer and it sits there growing until a nice little colony forms. They attach to neighboring foods and drinks until they’ve taken over your fridge like an invading army of creepy crawlies.
Vegetables are supposed to be good for you, but have you ever forgotten about carrots in the crisper? A few months go by and they’ve turned into a gelatinous goo that Bugs Bunny would run screaming from. Veggies have a tendency to break down fast and they can leave behind yeast, mold, salmonella and listeria. Clean your fridge regularly and use a disinfectant.
Rubber Sealed Containers
You love your Pyrex dishes with those rubber sealed containers that keep your food fresh for days. You can’t imagine life without them, but that seal could be harboring germs. Your leftover corn casserole could be a one-way ticket to the bathroom, and we all know how that ends.
You wash them, but it’s hard to get everything in the crevices of the seal. Make sure to take a little extra care with the seals to keep them clean and dry them thoroughly or else mold can grow. Penicillin is great an all, but no one wants to get it straight from the source.
Appliances
Blenders, can openers and other appliances that you use, but don’t clean every aspect of can harbor fugitive bacteria that escaped the food you prepared. When was the last time you clean and disinfected the can opener? It comes in contact with pizza sauces, soups and…ick…canned corn. The cutting blade often comes in contact with the liquid inside the cans. You also spill when releasing the can from the magnet.
Blenders are great, but it’s hard to get those blades completely clean without losing a finger. Bacteria and other nasties can grow in there and you end up drinking a salmonella smoothie.
If you’re worried about bacteria in your kitchen, then contact Illinois Valley Clean Team Inc. and we can clean it for you.
