"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:12:18 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Yellow wrote:
>>>
>>> In article >, gravesend10
>>> @verizon.net says...
>>> >
>>> > I always wash my can... so haw many wash their tin cans before
>>> > opening?
>>>
>>> I have never washed a can, I am almost 50 years old and have so far
>>> survived unscathed.
>>
>>I'll admit - I've never washed a can either but it does make good
>>sense after reading all this. I *might* start doing it from now on.
>>I've always rinsed off my can opener after each use though. It's not
>>germs falling into the can, it's the food that would otherwise sit on
>>the blade and grow some interesting creatures.
>
> It's not germs one needs to consider, the planet is filled with germs,
> why we have immune systems... however food warehouses regularly
> fumigate for insects... ever notice how it's rare one sees a roach in
> supermarkets anymore, all food markets are also fumigated regularly
> and that mist settles everywhere, especially on can lids... next you
> flip the tab on that can of pop or brewski, wrapped yourlips around
> the top and chug-a-lugged... consider that perhaps an over zealous
> fumigator applied enough that it puddled on the lid.

I only ever saw a roach in a grocery store. That was on Staten Island and
it was walking around on the produce.

We did have roaches when I worked at K Mart. But I mostly only heard of
them. I did see one walking around by the front door. But I never saw any
in the food department. Rats? Yes. Meal moths? Yes. Maggots? Yes.
Those were in the pet food.

We did not have fumigators either. Not ever. We did have a pest control
place that came out but they never fumigated.