It can be hard to find an avocado thatâs just perfect for eating and sometimes when we think theyâre finally good to go, theyâve turned into a mushy mess before we can enjoy them. A TikTok hack that claims you can keep avocados fresh for weeks by storing them unopened in water in the fridge has gone viral because people want to believe the âmagic methodâ really works. But the FDA is warning not to try this at home.
âThe FDA does not recommend this practice,â shared a spokesperson for the Food and Drug Administration. And thatâs because the water and refrigeration can actually harbor and breed harmful bacteria and could make you violently ill.
The spokesperson explains that the main concern is that âany residual human pathogens,â like listeria or salmonella, could be on the avocado surface and âpotentially multiply during the storage when submerged in water.â The FDA has also done their own testing and found that listeria has the potential to infiltrate the pulp of avocados when stored in refrigerated water within 15 days. And that means that just washing the skin before slicing it wouldnât get rid of the contamination.
Read the article at NY Post