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Out of curiosity, do you risk rodent infestations using those? I would imagine rodents/bugs happily eat most human food, cheese puffs included, so if this is li

Out of curiosity, do you risk rodent infestations using those? I would imagine rodents/bugs happily eat most human food, cheese puffs included, so if this is literally the same won't it suffer rodent risk?

jadell 7y ago
I don't work in an industry where I encounter bulk packing materials day-to-day. I would assume the answer is "yes"? Any large warehouse for any type of product using any type of packing material probably suffers rodent risk. At least, any warehouse I've ever been in.
soperj 7y ago
The warehouse I worked in had a rodent infestation, they didn't eat the edible packing peanuts as far as I could tell though. -- never saw any with bites out of them and they didn't noticeably disappear. As an aside, don't drink from beer/pop cans without washing the tops.
- omnimus 7y ago
  Oh that last sentence brought too many imaginative images of me drinking from cans. I will forget i ever read that.
- pureliquidhw 7y ago
  please elaborate on why not? I would think they'd have to be relatively sterile. Boxes are stacked flat, can tops must be in a pringles style stack until they're assembled into a can. Where are they contaminated?
  - excursionist 7y ago
    I remember a story going around about people dying from rat urine on soda cans [1], but the veracity of the claim is questionable. [1] https://www.hoax-slayer.net/leptospirosis-death-warning-rat-urine-soda-can-top/ https://www.hoax-slayer.net/leptospirosis-death-warning-rat-...
  - magashna 7y ago
    For soda/beer cans, wipe a damp cloth on them and try to get into that little moat around the top. It's almost always filthy.
- benj111 7y ago
  I'm sure theres a joke about Carling/Budweiser/whatever here. Edit, got it: Don't do that, you'll wipe away all the flavour! Esprit de l'escalier
jccooper 7y ago
I use these. While theoretically they can attract pests, I've never noticed any biological activity associated with them.

jadell 7y ago

I don't work in an industry where I encounter bulk packing materials day-to-day. I would assume the answer is "yes"? Any large warehouse for any type of product using any type of packing material probably suffers rodent risk. At least, any warehouse I've ever been in.

soperj 7y ago

The warehouse I worked in had a rodent infestation, they didn't eat the edible packing peanuts as far as I could tell though. -- never saw any with bites out of them and they didn't noticeably disappear. As an aside, don't drink from beer/pop cans without washing the tops.

omnimus 7y ago
Oh that last sentence brought too many imaginative images of me drinking from cans. I will forget i ever read that.
pureliquidhw 7y ago
please elaborate on why not? I would think they'd have to be relatively sterile. Boxes are stacked flat, can tops must be in a pringles style stack until they're assembled into a can. Where are they contaminated?
- excursionist 7y ago
  I remember a story going around about people dying from rat urine on soda cans [1], but the veracity of the claim is questionable. [1] https://www.hoax-slayer.net/leptospirosis-death-warning-rat-urine-soda-can-top/ https://www.hoax-slayer.net/leptospirosis-death-warning-rat-...
- magashna 7y ago
  For soda/beer cans, wipe a damp cloth on them and try to get into that little moat around the top. It's almost always filthy.
benj111 7y ago
I'm sure theres a joke about Carling/Budweiser/whatever here. Edit, got it: Don't do that, you'll wipe away all the flavour! Esprit de l'escalier

jccooper 7y ago

I use these. While theoretically they can attract pests, I've never noticed any biological activity associated with them.