Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free May in Tho floodwaters threaten food safety if in homeowners advised to throw out goods by Manfred Jager Urban life reporter owners of flood damaged Homes Are advised to take Spe Cial precautions with food that May have been food science specialists say even canned goods and jars could pose major health examine cans for leaks or bulges and destroy them if the Seal is Bro they May have been contaminated by traces of sewage and chemical Wash unopened usable cans in a Strong detergent use a Brush to remove All then immerse the scrubbed containers in a lukewarm solution of chlorine for one use one Tablespoon of household chlorine bleach to each gallon of fresh fruits and vegetables should not be do not try to save the following foods if flood water has dripped on or seeped into their pack Ages containers of season Ings and canisters or bags of Coffee or food in Fibre or cardboard packages such As crackers and jars or bottles of food that have screw top this includes All Home canned and commercially canned foods in Glass jars such As jams and baby food and discard any porous rubber nonfood items that Are used with food or come in Contact with the such As bottle Paci plastic storage wooden disposable eating Glass and China Metal and Glass Glass baby bottles and empty Canning jars can be Frozen food Wash them in a Strong detergent disinfect China and Glass dishes in a chlorine disinfect Metal pots and utensils and silverware by boiling in water for 10 As for Home Frozen food that has been in Contact with River it should be discarded at this food will have thawed at least partly and even items kept in jars could have had seepage of River there is no Point in taking even if no floodwaters covered your Freezer or seeped some foods May still be unsafe if there was a Power outage during the flood the amount and Type of food inside the Freezer will determine whether it can be a freestanding Freezer will stay at freezing tempera Tures for about two a Hal full Freezer about one How Long the food in a Freezer will stay Frozen also depends on the kind of food in the for meat and other dense foods will not warm As fast As a Freezer full of baked the temperature of the the colder the food the longer it will stay the Freezer a Well insulated Freezer with Good gaskets will keep food Frozen much longer than one with Little insulation or poor size of the larger the the longer food will stay if the meat has been completely thawed and does not have a question Able it should be used immedi poultry and fish should be discarded if there Are any signs of thawed foods can be safely re Frozen under two if it still contains ice Sec if it has thawed but is still cold and has been kept at refrigerator temperatures for no More than two simple restoration techniques can save some damaged furniture in Manfred Jager Urban Lite reporter even though food water in your basement didst touch any that does not necessarily mean your furniture is Iowa state University researchers who have studied prob lems involved with getting flooded Home Back to Normal urge homeowners to Check furniture thoroughly before assuming All is Check for Light or dark spots on wooden to remove Light rub the surface with a cloth dampened with spirits of rub in the direction of the Wood diluted laundry bleach three Tablespoons of laundry bleach to one litre of water will bleach dark apply the liquid to the dark spot and let it remain for is then rinse it off and repeat the process if White toothpaste can also be used on dark spots if the stain is no More than a few Days furniture that was under water or absorbed lots of moisture is Likely to veneered furniture which is badly warped May be difficult to handle at consult a professional overstuffed furniture fabric can be cleaned successfully at prepare the cleaning solution by dissolving one cup of soap flakes in five cups of hot let it Cool until it is in a jell like then beat with an egg beater until it is apply Only the dry foam with a soft cloth or using circular dip a clean cloth in a pan of clean wring it and wipe All the lather from the wring a second cloth dipped in another pan of Clear wipe the furniture wipe so that All the Nap is in the same faded fabric can be masked with a new slip if overstuffed furniture has Actu ally stood in the you will have to clean any Metal remove rust with steel Wool or sandpaper and coat the Metal with paraffin if webbing or stuffing is decayed or smells replace it when the furniture has been taken apart for a different kind of a different kind of car leasing a Saturn int giving it up after 36 months May 1997 Saturn sl1 with automatic and air we make sure that leasing a Saturn is As simple As in Many have said the process is actually that because we treat people with respect and explaining the lease in Plain English Doest Hurt the payments set out below Are based on a 1997 Saturn they include 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