What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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Wizardboy22
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What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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Do you need to treat food prior to sealing and storing. I heard you need to freeze it for 4 days before sealing up to kill bugs and eggs , but I thought oxygen generators would kill anything do to 0 oxygen being present.
What do you all normally do
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Re: What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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Wizardboy22 wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:40 am Do you need to treat food prior to sealing and storing. I heard you need to freeze it for 4 days before sealing up to kill bugs and eggs , but I thought oxygen generators would kill anything do to 0 oxygen being present.
What do you all normally do
Hi and welcome to the forum.
The recommendation to freeze flour seems to originate from the USA, where food standards are lower. Probably no need here. I personally Vac pack my flour and give it a 24 hour freeze. Vac sealing keeps moisture and most critters out.
Never used an oxygen absorber myself. Never saw a need.
Far more important to try to rotate your stock.
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Re: What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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Just remember if you do find weevils in your flour, only eat the smaller ones
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Because you must always choose the lesser of two weevils!
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Re: What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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featherstick wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:41 am Just remember if you do find weevils in your flour, only eat the smaller ones
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Because you must always choose the lesser of two weevils!
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Re: What do you need to do to food like flour pasta rice etc

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featherstick wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:41 am Just remember if you do find weevils in your flour, only eat the smaller ones
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Because you must always choose the lesser of two weevils!
If you do find crawlers in your food , take it back. In the UK such a situation is both unacceptable and illegal.
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