On Oct 31, 10:43*am, RichD > wrote:
> Occasionally, ants get into the pantry. *They
> typically go for the bread, or anything sweet.
> And there's the proverbial picnic basket.
>
> Question: *after cleaning them out, is the food
> still edible? *Do ants carry disease?
>
> Instinctively, one tends to jettison it, but I want
> to be rational.
>

Ants live in homes made of dirt. If I walked barefoot through dirt,
then rubbed my feet on your food, would you worry about bacteria, or
would you cheerfully eat it?