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My mom used to work for the Board of Ed for the Food Services Department and so she always enforced very strict rules in the kitchen. I've been hearing so many people talk about going green and how certain chemicals aren't safe so here's my question. I usually use clorox clean up with bleach to clean the cutting board that I use for meat. I'm so afraid of cross contamination so anything that may have touched chicken I also clean with bleach. Is this unsafe? What should I use? Regular soap and water just will not satisfy me, i need something stronger for this.
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julib · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

we use a 10% bleach and water mixture to wipe down tables/surfaces between lessons at school -- not sure how "green" it is, but it's fine for those purposes...gets the job done.
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culinarilyobsessed · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

Michele, I use the Clorox Antibacterial Kitchen spray. I'm totally obsessed with making sure I do my best to eliminate cross-contamination, so I always wash my hands a zillion times with antibacterial dish soap, spray everything down really well with the spray and then wash it with dish soap after that. Yeah I'm pretty paranoid.
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For everyday cleaning, I use a natural all-purpose clean like Dr Bronners. For periodic deep-cleaning, a bleach/water solution.
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love2cookmb · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

So I guess it's okay to use bleach near food? Someone brought to my attention that using the bleach on the cutting boards could be dangerous.
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joybowes · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

I use those Clorox wipes by the bucket load! I buy the 115 count canister about every other week. Not just for my kitchen either - I use them everywhere. Doorknobs, stair railings, the bathrooms of course. They're the best invention ever I think. This is just for all surfaces of course. Cutting boards and such I use diluted bleach and everything else gets boiled in the dishwasher. I know there's a new thinking that people are using too many germ-killers and that's doing more damage than good b/c it creates super-germs but I don't care - I need to have a clean kitchen!
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cookinggirl · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject:

good post...

i use soap & water or colorox orange kitchen wipes/spray to wash the countertop. i occasionally use the granite cleaner...not even sure if i am supposed to be using anything other then that...but i do. i have a seperate cutting board for the meat & chicken that i was with comet w/bleach
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