Re: Re: Aflatoxins...Rhonda

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On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:02:38 -0000, you wrote:

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>I learned controversy about freezing when on bunny groups and there was a big

one on freezng bunny pellets due to mold growing on them and I also wonder about

that with nuts/seeds. Freezing is so strange b/c I just found some veggies

pushed to the back of freezer and just how does that ice/freezer burn get into

sealed bags?

Probably the same way it gets into the old types of fridges that are

not frost free. Remember how the ice would form on the sides. What

happens in this situation is that every time you open the freezer you

allow warm moist air in. That moisture comes in contact with the cold

sides of the freezer compartment and turns to ice. The less you open

your older style freezer the less often you have to unplug it and let

it defrost. In theory if you never opened it and their were no leaks

in the seal, ice would never build up.

Now days frost free fridges have heating elements in them that defrost

the ice.

I don't think the mold can grow in sub zero environments. What

probably is happening is that the pellets accumulate moisture every

time you access the container, this builds up over time just like the

freezer situation. When you finally do use the food it is considerably

more moist than when you purchased it. As it adjust's to room

temperature the warm damp air deposit's even more moisture on it. So

you have ideal conditions for mold to grow.

There is nothing wrong with freezing your food as long as you take

these precautions:

Not opening the bunny food/nut containers any more than humanly

possible when their in deep freeze, than when you do, take out a

substantial amount, say a weeks supply. Preheat your oven to the

lowest setting, say 200 degrees. Put the bunny food/nuts in there and

bake it at the lowest setting possible. You should be able to tell by

it's consistency how dry it is. You essentially want to do two things

here, prevent most warm are from depositing even more moisture on your

weeks allotment of bunny food/nuts, and two remove any heightened

moisture content the bunny food/nuts might have acquired from the

above described conditions.

A food dehydrator might work better than using an oven to address this

problem.

[Guest guest]

Darned spell checkers!

The last paragraph should have read like this:

You essentially want to do two things

here, prevent MOIST warm AIR from depositing even more moisture on

your weeks allotment of bunny food/nuts, and two remove any heightened

moisture content the bunny food/nuts might have acquired from the

above described conditions.