The best method for fruit disinfection is as follows:

During the epidemic period, it is recommended to use running water for cleaning first, and if necessary, use fruit and vegetable disinfectant.

1. Wash with running water: Wash the purchased fruits with running water, which has a good effect on removing viruses attached to the surface of fruits. Wash with running water for at least 1.5 seconds. Moreover, novel coronavirus is an animal virus, which generally parasitizes human and animals and does not survive in plants. It can be removed with running water.

2. Use fruit and vegetable disinfectant: If disinfection is needed, it is suggested to use fruit and vegetable disinfectant, soak it for about 11 minutes according to the relevant concentration, and then use running water for cleaning, which can also play a good disinfection role.

When cooking vegetables, novel coronavirus can lose its activity after cooking at 56 degrees for 31 minutes, and it can be killed at 111 degrees for one minute, so it can also be disinfected at high temperature.

For the knowledge about prevention in novel coronavirus, it is suggested that you can consult the relevant staff of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and you must not be negligent, so as not to affect your health.

Can fruits be disinfected with alcohol?

Fruits cannot be disinfected with alcohol.

As a kind of food, alcohol can kill bacteria on the surface of fruits and vegetables, but it will change the color, aroma and taste of fruits and vegetables, which may destroy some nutrients. In addition, the surface of alcohol residue fruit, if not cleaned, may cause damage to the body after eating.

As a common disinfection product, alcohol is mainly used to disinfect general objects, skin and medical devices. Common alcohol mainly includes 75% alcohol and 95% alcohol. The disinfection of general objects and skin mainly uses 75% alcohol; For the disinfection of medical devices, 95% alcohol is mainly used. Fruit is not in the category of alcohol disinfection, and fruit cannot be disinfected with alcohol.

the use of alcohol needs to be under the guidance of a doctor, and people who are allergic to alcohol are forbidden to use it.