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July 22, 2013

Using Hydrogen Peroxide to Clean and Sanitize your Kitchen

On popular social media sites you may have seen suggestions for using hydrogen peroxide to clean your kitchen.  It is an effective sanitizer but you need to follow these guidelines to effectively sanitize your surfaces such as counters, cutting boards, or dishes.

Lydia Medeiros, Ohio State University Extension and Colorado State University researchers found that hydrogen peroxide (3%) can be used to clean and sanitize your kitchen surface areas.

Before sanitizing the surface with the hydrogen peroxide, you need to clean the surface.

Cleaning steps include:

  • Wash surface with soap and warm water.
  • Rinse with clean water.

It is important that you follow these suggestions to effectively kill bacteria.

How to Use Hydrogen Peroxide to Sanitize Kitchen Surfaces:

  • Use Hydrogen Peroxide (3%) solution undiluted and heated to 130 degrees F or 55 degrees C.
  • Leave the peroxide on the counter or surface to be cleaned for one minute before air drying or wiping it with a clean paper towel.  Follow these guidelines and you will kill Listeria Monocytogenes, E-Coli, and Salmonella.

Please note:  If you don’t heat the hydrogen peroxide and leave it on the counter or surface for 10 minutes, E-Coli and Salmonella will be killed.  Listeria will not be killed with this method.

Kitchen Counter

To watch a YouTube video about the process, visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_9IhS2jv2OM#t=0s

 

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WRITTEN BY: Michelle Treber, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Pickaway County, Heart of Ohio EERA, treber.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Linnette Goard, Field Specialist, Food Safety, Selection and Management, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, goard.1@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • Buffer, Medeiros, Schroeder, Kendall, LeJeune and Sofos, Cleaning and Sanitizing the Kitchen, 2010, Cleaning and Sanitizing the Kitchen. Retrieved from http://foodsafety.osu.edu/downloads/factsheets/foodsafety-factsheet-sanitizing.pdf

Categories: Food
Tags: Clean with peroxide, Common hydrogen peroxide to clean, E Coli, food safety, Hydrogen peroxide, Kitchen counters, listeria, Peroxide, Salmonella, sanitize, Sanitize kitchen, Sanitize with peroxide, Using household items to clean

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About Michelle Treber

Michelle Treber, LD, MA, is an Ohio State University Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences in Pickaway County. Her area of specialization includes health, nutrition and wellness. Worksite wellness is a passion and she enjoys working with businesses to strengthen and develop their wellness programs. She is married and has a blended family of four adult daughters and one adult son. In her free time she enjoys gardening, walking, mixed media sewing, and biking. Spending time with her grandchildren is a joy. She has a 4 year old granddaughter and an infant grandson who live in Wales and 7 year old twins who live in North Carolina.

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