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I can guess why electronics are cheaper in Japan, but....
Vigo:
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--- Quote from: Vigo on December 12, 2011, 12:09:37 am ---There have actually been some interesting studies showing that good quality wood is more sanitary food handling surface than stainless steel or plastic. Wood was much easier to disinfect.
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That's abso-weird, given plastic and metal have much smaller pores. When I worked fast-food, I was told everything was stainless because bacteria die on contact. But since chopsticks are disposable, who cares?
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You got fed a fantastic line of ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. My job used to, in part, entail evaluating and training employees on food handling procedures. I probably forgot more than what most food handlers know. I can guarantee that, given the right conditions, bacteria will happily live on stainless steel just as well as any other. The key is ease of cleaning and reducing the places for bacteria to hide in. Given that SS can take a Hell of a beating and still be easy to clean is why it's usually chosen.
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Yeah, If I remember that study correctly, plastic was hands down the worst surface to handle food on. Knife gouges on cutting surfaces would be a den of bacteria. Non-smooth stainless steel surfaces could be just as bad, but the mere fact that generally Stainless remains smooth is what made it much better, because it was super easy to clean. Wood on the other hand was amazingly anti-bacterial. Even when knife gouges and knicks made places for bacteria to breed, the wood would stop the bacterial growth consistently. Something about it's natural composition would fight off the bacteria, so you could do a poor cleaning job, and still end up with a safe surface.
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: Vigo on December 21, 2011, 11:54:03 am ---
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on December 19, 2011, 11:02:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on December 18, 2011, 11:39:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on December 12, 2011, 12:09:37 am ---There have actually been some interesting studies showing that good quality wood is more sanitary food handling surface than stainless steel or plastic. Wood was much easier to disinfect.
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That's abso-weird, given plastic and metal have much smaller pores. When I worked fast-food, I was told everything was stainless because bacteria die on contact. But since chopsticks are disposable, who cares?
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You got fed a fantastic line of ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. My job used to, in part, entail evaluating and training employees on food handling procedures. I probably forgot more than what most food handlers know. I can guarantee that, given the right conditions, bacteria will happily live on stainless steel just as well as any other. The key is ease of cleaning and reducing the places for bacteria to hide in. Given that SS can take a Hell of a beating and still be easy to clean is why it's usually chosen.
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Yeah, If I remember that study correctly, plastic was hands down the worst surface to handle food on. Knife gouges on cutting surfaces would be a den of bacteria. Non-smooth stainless steel surfaces could be just as bad, but the mere fact that generally Stainless remains smooth is what made it much better, because it was super easy to clean. Wood on the other hand was amazingly anti-bacterial. Even when knife gouges and knicks made places for bacteria to breed, the wood would stop the bacterial growth consistently. Something about it's natural composition would fight off the bacteria, so you could do a poor cleaning job, and still end up with a safe surface.
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Fascinating. People in general, as well as some in the food industry, have told me wood houses germs. I've always used a wood cutting board, and have suffered no ill. And wood is kind to blades.
Gray_Area:
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lilshawn:
a friend of mine at the store where we purchase our electronic components is chinese. He has a friend in china who actually owns the company who makes the headphones that you buy on ALL the airlines. he said that they make the airlines the headphones for about 19 cents and sell them for about 25 -35 cents. net profit of about 5 -10 cents.
his company owns the whole block. the have housing for the workers. their own print shop. packing, shipping...everything. anything they need to do they do themselves. even the baggies they make in house to reduce cost. anything to scrape a cent, because they make their money in quantity, not in profit per unit.
they sell a million sets of headphones that turns into a hundred grand in no time flat.
i get the same feeling when i buy some things off e-bay. between the cost of the shipping and cost of the padded envelope used for packaging.... :dunno
hell, ive bought 100 components that the total cost was less than what i would have paid locally for 1 or 2 items.
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on May 20, 2012, 02:45:54 am ---a friend of mine at the store where we purchase our electronic components is chinese. He has a friend in china who actually owns the company who makes the headphones that you buy on ALL the airlines. he said that they make the airlines the headphones for about 19 cents and sell them for about 25 -35 cents. net profit of about 5 -10 cents.
his company owns the whole block. the have housing for the workers. their own print shop. packing, shipping...everything. anything they need to do they do themselves. even the baggies they make in house to reduce cost. anything to scrape a cent, because they make their money in quantity, not in profit per unit.
they sell a million sets of headphones that turns into a hundred grand in no time flat.
i get the same feeling when i buy some things off e-bay. between the cost of the shipping and cost of the padded envelope used for packaging.... :dunno
hell, ive bought 100 components that the total cost was less than what i would have paid locally for 1 or 2 items.
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Nice.