sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
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sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
This may be a dumb question, but is there a way to sterilize cardboard egg cartons that had eggs in them and might have salmonella on them? Can you nuke them or something? I've read salmonella can live on dry surfaces for "several weeks".
Re: sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
Hello. That's an interesting question. I've heard microwave ovens do not do a good job as they don't heat evenly enough. Freezing doesn't work either. The products used usually might destroy the cardboard or give the mice tummy aches at the very least. If you find something, I'd love to know about it. Take care.
renapopma- Fuzzy
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Re: sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
I've heard about freezing, but that only works if you have a industrial freezer that goes below a normal freezer's temperature.
Re: sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
I think just letting them sit around for a few months ought to do it.
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According to Wiki, "Salmonella are not destroyed by freezing.[7][8] Ultraviolet radiation and heat accelerate their demise; they perish after being heated to 55 °C (131 °F) for 90 min, or to 60 °C (140 °F) for 12 min."
I'd bake them, then, at any old low temperature (however low your oven goes; mine only goes down to 170F) for fifteen minutes or so.
I'd bake them, then, at any old low temperature (however low your oven goes; mine only goes down to 170F) for fifteen minutes or so.
Laigaie- Hopper
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Re: sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
I'd put them in the oven at 200 degrees or so for half hour to an hour...I don't think it would heat all the way through in 15 min...and 200 degrees is not hot enough to ignite paper/cardboard
Stina- Hopper
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Re: sterilizing cardboard egg cartons
Half an hour to an hour certainly won't hurt, but if you've opened up your egg cartons, they should heat through by the time your oven is fully pre-heated. Though cardboard is a very good insulator, they're not corrugated.
Laigaie- Hopper
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