A step-by-step guide to cleaning your groceries

Saturday, April 11, 2020 - 04:20 in Health & Medicine

Pantry staples are great, but don't forget to eat your veggies. (NeONBRAND via Unsplash/)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including the most recent numbers, tips on how to make your own masks, and advice on what to donate for health care workers.Both the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration maintain that your grocery haul is not a likely vector for the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. Per the FDA’s website, “The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person. Foodborne exposure to this virus is not known to be a route of transmission.”You’re more likely to be exposed from interacting with people at the grocery store than you are from a jar of salsa, but that doesn’t mean shoppers getting groceries for elderly folks or people with compromised immune systems shouldn’t take a few extra minutes to implement some precautions.Here’s a step-by-step guide...

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