tl;dr Is it reasonably safe (coronawise) to make ice cream with the dry ice I just received?
My parents ordered some meat online. It was shipped with a chunk of dry ice. The dry ice was in a plastic bag of its own, but I assume it is 'food grade'.
I've been pretty cautious about handling food of late. Anything I purchase that needs to come indoors gets wiped down or dipped in a bleach solution. Stuff I don't need immediately I store untouched in the garage.
I was considering making ice cream using the dry ice. I'm wondering whether any coronavirus on or within the ice could be viable. Does the low temperature destroy it or preserve it?
It sublimates slowly in water, so I could easily treat any surface contaminants by dipping it in a bleach solution as I do with other foods. I'm not really familiar with the dry ice production process, so I'm wondering too if there's a potential for virus particles to be within the ice itself (perhaps when handled flakes are compressed into a block) as well as on the surface.
My parents ordered some meat online. It was shipped with a chunk of dry ice. The dry ice was in a plastic bag of its own, but I assume it is 'food grade'.
I've been pretty cautious about handling food of late. Anything I purchase that needs to come indoors gets wiped down or dipped in a bleach solution. Stuff I don't need immediately I store untouched in the garage.
I was considering making ice cream using the dry ice. I'm wondering whether any coronavirus on or within the ice could be viable. Does the low temperature destroy it or preserve it?
It sublimates slowly in water, so I could easily treat any surface contaminants by dipping it in a bleach solution as I do with other foods. I'm not really familiar with the dry ice production process, so I'm wondering too if there's a potential for virus particles to be within the ice itself (perhaps when handled flakes are compressed into a block) as well as on the surface.
