I have just found out there’s ecoli in my well water at the place we just moved to and am hearing I need 165 to kill ecoli but my dishwasher says it only heats to 155 but claims this meets the standard for safe drinking water.
Confused about whether or not it’s safe to use the dishes coming out of my dishwasher till the well manager can come up with a method to treat the water or something.
I can’t even imagine how I would boil the water I use to run through the dishwasher or clean my dishes with boiling water by hand sounds super fun.
Is it safe to use the dishwasher?
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165F kills E. Coli instantly. 155F kills E. Coli in around 15 seconds. Since this temperature is sustained for much longer throughout the cycle than just a few seconds it’s still effective in killing most pathogens and bacteria.
This is something that is often used in cooking too, for meats especially. For example a lot of people cook chicken to 155F internal temperature, even if the recommendation to kill salmonela is also around 165F. But chicken breast as we all know is a fickle dish and it’s easy to end up with a dry and crumbly chicken breast. But this can be avoided if its cooked to a lower internal temperature as long as its sustained long enough to kill bacteria.
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