Fruit & Veg Steriliser

[Hans Mum]

Was at the good food show yesterday and a crowd of peeps were getting all excited at one stand so shoves my way to front to see what its all about and it was a steriliser for fruit & veg!!!!!!!!!!!

whats that all about i asks???? to sterilise your fruit & veg says the demonstrator you dont know what nasties are on them.....well as there are quite strict laws about it i says i think its overkill and i grow my own anyway so i know whatson them!!!!

what a gimick if people want to clean their veggies whats up with tap water

[Two_Sheds]

How daft.

A speck of dirt never hurt.

[Capsid]

So it was a steamer really?

[Hans Mum]

So it was a steamer really?

no it didnt get very hot more tepid really, and it was purely for cleaning f&g

[Two_Sheds]

Was it a gadget or a solution, like this stuff:

Vegetable Steriliser Food Safe Hypochlorite
Use to sterilise salads, vegetables and fruit.
Contain sodium dichloroisocyanurate which, dissolved in water, release a powerful yet safe sanitizer.
Broad spectrum disinfectant activity and is highly concentrated for maximum use in dilutions.
Hydra STV-55 also improves the storage life of fresh produce.
£59.95

[Two_Sheds]

Sodium dichloroisocyanurate is a stable source of chlorine used as a disinfectant, biocide, industrial deodorant and detergent.
In small doses it is found in water purification tablets/filters.

It is the sodium salt of dichloroisocyanuric acid. Products containing sodium dichloroisocyanurate may also contain cyanuric acid.

It is reactive with water, urea, ammonia... Reaction produces toxic fumes including chlorine gas.

[Two_Sheds]

So, it's basically bleach.

Nice.

[Capsid]

The USA did have a problem with Salmonella on spinach.

Spinach recalled over salmonella fears - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com

[Hans Mum]

no its this

http://www.homeandgardengifts.co.uk/...er-418725.aspx

ozone steriliser!!!!

[Two_Sheds]

The USA did have a problem with Salmonella on spinach.

and somewhere else with basil. It comes down to hand-washing (with the pickers and packers), basic hygiene.

[Two_Sheds]

That's a steamer!

[zazen999]

instantly removes bacterial and removes odours from your hands...like onions etc [I'm paraphrasing].

So you put your hands in it???

How totally stupid.

[snuffer]

It must be something those that buy all their veg. shrink wrapped in plastic and 'packaged in a protective atmosphere' have on standby. Just incase they have to buy from the farmshop when what they want isn't available at the supermarket.

Pathetic.

[Hans Mum]

instantly removes bacterial and removes odours from your hands...like onions etc [I'm paraphrasing].

So you put your hands in it???

How totally stupid.

agree totally.....but there were people buying it

[zazen999]

More fool them!!!