Dan&jan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Has anyone found a way to disinfect hard surfaced items such as extractors, uncapping knives etc.



Disinfect your extractor and uncapping box with a pressure washer with water hooked up to a hot water feed.  Put a filter in before your pressure washer and it's a good way to clean out the bottom of your hot water heater.  What you want to do is knock all the solids that have collected in your equipment off.  It's in the solids that the AFB spores will remain.  Those in the honey will be washed out by a thorough washing with hot sudsy water with some bleach thrown in just for good measure.  The bleach won't kill the spores of AFB, but will do the job on other organisms.  Scrub your uncapping knife with a soft abrasive (Think maybe baking soda might do) after washing thoroughly with soap and water.  Rinse thoroughly.  These comments are open to discussion, amendments, additions, and/or deletions.

Mike in LA

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