Nasty bugs and weevils are found in the food that are unused for so long. These sometimes remain unnoticed, and accidentally eaten b us, in form of eggs, larvae, and creatures. They reproduce and multiply at a faster rate. If you keep your food unprotected they tend to multiply and can easily contaminate your entire food within less time. Hence, it is recommended to take some preventive measures before your entire food will get contaminated. Many Pulses Supplier in India finds difficulty in maintaining grocery items, especially pulses. As they attract weevils or bugs quickly.
Let’s prevent your food being deteriorate due to insect incorporation.
Keep your kitchen clean
Preparing food, washing vegetables, and chopping spices can mess up your kitchen easily. The food crumbs and spills on the kitchen counterparts, and shelves. Leftover food and uncleaned & unwashed utensils in the sink, dirty and messy places, attract weevils, bugs, and other related creatures. To easily get rid of these creatures, make sure to clean your kitchen surface. Wiping out all the crumbs and spills, cleaning the countertops, and washing the utensils. Use a disinfectant solution to clean the kitchen surface through which you can easily get rid of food insects.
Seal the entrance areas or holes
Food contamination due to insects are done for two reasons, primarily, insect develop in the contaminated food or on the dirty surface and they can enter through holes, cracks and doors, and so on. Seal those areas through where you see the entrance of these harmful bugs and insects that can contaminate your food. Seal these areas with caulk. Especially insects enter through the kitchen drainage areas so it is necessary to seal and restrict the insects’ entry.
Check the food before buying
Sometimes you find despite, being a clean place bugs and weevils are found in the food. This refers to weevils and bugs that are already present in the food that you have brought from the market. Make sure before buying loose or packed foods, to check before buying and the expiry date of the products.
If you are buying packed products, then check and buy the clean packet-based products that are unsealed, with small tears, holes, and broken products. It is better to buy products that can be consumed within two or four months because the longer they will be in your kitchen or pantry, the more they attract pests or get infested.
Keep your food in an airtight container
Pests are capable due to their tiny size which can be entered through small paces, hence use airtight plastic, glass, and metal storage containers. Masons jars are efficient in storing food items that restrict pests to enter the jars. Varieties of food can be stored for a long. Food storage can also be done in the refrigerator, if there is not enough space, you can freeze newly bought food items which would act as a preventive measure by killing the pests.
Heating food is another way to prevent an infestation that kills bacteria before eggs lay or eggs fetch. It works better while washing rice or grain. Heat the grains at 60-degree celsius and rinse the grain and wash it under running water. After washing the weevils and bugs away place them into the oven and then store them further in a container.
Throw away infested food
If you find an open packaged food then it is better to throw that food along with the packets that are opened. If the blacked food is opened and you don’t find any weevils or bugs in the food, there is a higher possibility that the bugs or weevils might have laid the eggs. Despite that, if you don’t want to throw it, you can freeze that food item to kill weevils and bugs’ eggs for three to four days.
Repllentamt can work wonder
Using kitchen herbs can work wonders by killing weevils or bugs. Bay leaf is one of the most effective herbs in the kitchen, sprinkle it over the shelf and in open food containers with the purpose to prevent your food from being contaminated. And if your food is about to expire to maintain its quality before expiry you can add one or two bay leaves into your food.
Clove is another spice that can be effective to get rid of those weevils or bugs. Put two to four cloves in your food items. Matchbox is a preventive measure, it might sound odd but matches contain sulfur content that is unappealing for the bugs. And hence this will keep your food weevils and bugs free.
Throw your kitchen trash posts attracted to nasty or dirty areas. So make sure to throw your kitchen trash immediately. Keeping this longer can augment the chance of infestation. So without any delay make sure to throw it. Many Indian Grocery items are seen to get rotten quickly. Thereby, these items should be consumed within the specified time.
