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Hi! I'm Tiffany. When I'm not chasing my son around for diaper changes, convincing my daughter not to wear goggles to bed, or trying to get unidentified stains out of my kids' clothes, I work in the marketing department at Clorox.

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Day 6: Sayonara, Bacterial-laden Cutting Boards

After tackling Max’s high chair and other kitchen surfaces yesterday, I’m inspired to tackle that harborer of bacteria that lives in my kitchen … the dreaded cutting board. 

I have both plastic and wooden boards, and I have to admit that because I can’t put my wood boards into my dishwasher, I never feel like they are “truly” clean. As a result, I have multiple cutting boards:  each for different uses — raw meats, fruits and veggies, baking, etc. I recognize that I must have some sort of cutting board neuroses, so today I decided to make sure my cutting boards were super clean by saying “Adios” to any bacteria living on my cutting boards.

I mixed 3 Tbsp of Clorox® Regular-Bleach with a gallon of water and poured that sanitizing solution of bleach goodness over my cutting board!   Bacteria, you are no longer invited to dinner! I let the cutting board stand for 2 minutes and then I rinsed again with a 1 tbsp of Clorox® Regular-Bleach diluted in another  gallon of water. I didn’t rinse the board this time. I just let it air dry. 

Bon Appétit!

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Comments (85)

  • Deanne Haggerty's comment is:

    26 Oct

    I also have a few cutting boards. One for raw meats, one for cooked meats and one for vegetables. Now I know how to get them even cleaner, thanks for the tip!

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  • Denise Holcomb's comment is:

    26 Oct

    you can also lightly sand them before bleaching if there are any rough spots you want smoothed--easier on the knives

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  • Kelly Price's comment is:

    26 Oct

    We usually use hot soapy water. But thanks to your tip we will be using it for our cutting boards from now on. We use Clorox for alot things.

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  • Tracey Laubacher's comment is:

    26 Oct

    I only use Clorox as well. I use two cutting boards as well and have never used liquid bleach to clean them. I believe now my cutting boards will be clean of all bacteria for first time since I got them. I like Jamie A's post about having a cutting board just for onions. I have often thought about doing that. ; )

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  • Holly England's comment is:

    26 Oct

    I use clorox wipes for just about everything!

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  • Cathy Bradford's comment is:

    26 Oct

    Great tip! I will definitely be skiing this from now on! Thanks!

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  • gidget pinoni's comment is:

    26 Oct

    Right after my dog licks my cutting board clean from the meat drippings, i clean the cutting board with hot soapy water and clorox bleach! I know that every germ is gone with Clorox! LOVE it!!!

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  • Norita Bridges's comment is:

    26 Oct

    I really need to do this.

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  • Jennifer Kearns's comment is:

    26 Oct

    Great tip! I actually threw out our wood cutting board because I felt like I couldn't get it clean enough. Now I'll have to get a new one!

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  • robyn wood's comment is:

    26 Oct

    I throw mine in the dish washer anyway :p

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