Flood waters covered our food stored on shelves and in cabinets. What can I keep and what should I throw out? How should I clean my dishes and pots and pans?

Dis­card all food that came in con­tact with flood­wa­ters, includ­ing canned goods. It is impos­si­ble to know if con­tain­ers were dam­aged and the seal com­pro­mised. Dis­card wood­en cut­ting boards, plas­tic uten­sils, baby bot­tle nip­ples, and paci­fiers. There is no way to safe­ly clean them if they have come in con­tact with con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed flood­wa­ters. Thor­ough­ly wash met­al pans, ceram­ic dish­es, and uten­sils with hot soapy water and san­i­tize by boil­ing them in clean water or by immers­ing them for 15 min­utes in a solu­tion of 1 tea­spoon of chlo­rine bleach per quart of water.