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Default Reusable grocery bags hazardous?

On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:30:17 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Mar 20, 8:17*am, "gloria.p" > wrote:
>> I just saw this in a newspaper:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yg6alyk
>>
>> Any suggestions/solutions?
>>
>> gloria p

>
>well, I guess if you put raw meat directly into the bag....
>
>I still use the flimsy plastic bags in the meat and produce department
>to put stuff in. Foods never actually
>come into contact with my cloth grocery bags. Seems like common sense
>to me.


Not really... why do you need a second bag?

Anyway those thin plastic bags often leak, meat juice will go right
through and through your cloth bag too... when I get groceries to my
vehicle anything that can leak goes into one of those large tupperware
containers... very handy leaving in the vehicle at all times, I've had
all sorts of other liquids leak too... you definitely don't want a jar
of pickles leaking in your car. But most groceries don't leak so
ordinary bags from the grocery work fine. I always reuse grocery
bags, I sometimes request paper but mostly I prefer plastic, those
become my garbage bags and doubled collect used cat litter... in fact
I use so many that I buy them in cartons of 1,000.