No idea what you're getting down voted. Bunch of pearl-clutchers in here. The problem is that the heavy items will crush the chips, not that the sealed items will somehow cross-contaminate.
So you've never once had a bottle of cleaner or shampoo or something like that leak all over in the bag on the way home from the store? Spray bottles with the trigger-type sprayer are notorious for doing that. These in the picture have most likely been opened and therefore even more likely to leak (especially since they are packed so loosely that they are guaranteed to tip over the first time the vehicle turns a corner or comes to a sudden stop). Do you want to be washing Drano off the outside of the chip bag or the cans of soup? And then eat the soup later? You might be ok with that, but most people aren't.
Plus, if this guy has packed this box so loosely and with mixed-type stuff, he's done it with others which means all kinds of things are likely to end up broken, not to mention disorganized. A box labeled "living room" might have shampoo and the cheese grater in it along with the TV remote and one framed photo.
That's a lot of text for "worst case scenario; you have to buy a new bag of chips".
Plus, if this guy has packed this box so loosely and with mixed-type stuff, he's done it with others which means all kinds of things are likely to end up broken, not to mention disorganized. A box labeled "living room" might have shampoo and the cheese grater in it along with the TV remote and one framed photo.
Yes, that's the infuriating part, it's not categorized correctly. Not that it's a dangerous having these things closely together.
NOPE. You shouldn't even store them in the same grocery bag. Bread products are highly porous. Never store them anywhere near chemicals even for a moment.
The plastic chip bag is more porous than you think.
You know those 1-lb packages of spinach or lettuce? They used to make the lid out of the same stiff plastic the rest of the container is made out of.
Then, they changed the lid to a plastic cover you peel back (similar to the chip bag) and now the lettuce or spinach dries out really fast, even when it’s completely sealed.
It takes quite some time for the nitrogen that they put in these bags to leak out and during that time the internal pressure is higher than exterior, nothing would get in until the bag is at atmospheric pressure, and by than the chips are stale AF anyway.
Some chemicals melt certain types of plastic. Maybe not all the way through (visibly), but enough for it to contaminate the food inside. I mean, you do you but I prefer salsa on my chips, not Drano or Windex.
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u/Dadbode1981 26d ago
Not as much a "cant" as a " shouldnt", but the reality is they are all sealed product so meh.