If roaches contaminate food can you heat it to kill the germs?

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asked May 30, 2020 in Other-Food Drink by 889defalio9 (400 points)
If roaches contaminate food can you heat it to kill the germs?

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answered May 30, 2020 by Zxmick66 (540 points)
When roaches contaminate food the food should really be thrown out and not eaten.

Although heating of the food that the roaches contaminated should kill the germs from the roaches as long as you heat the food hot enough it's still not worth the risk to your health to eat the food that the roaches have been on.

When roaches contaminate food it's best to throw it out.

You could still become sick from eating the food that the roaches contaminated especially if you haven't heated up the food hot enough.

Heating the food up to 400 to 500 degrees or more should kill the germs that the roaches left on the food but still it's not a good idea to eat the roach contaminated food.

There could also be some dead roaches or dead roach eggs in the food even though you may not be able to see the roaches or roach eggs.

If you have a roach infestation I would recommend hiring an exterminator to kill the roaches.
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answered Dec 17, 2020 by Shawn (99,990 points)
If roaches do contaminate your food you need to throw the food out because it can make you sick to eat food that has been contaminated with roaches even when you heat the food up.

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