(a) For containers made of metal, glass, plastic, or porcelain:
1. Thoroughly wash the container in potable water and soap, or in a disinfectant solution. If the water used for washing is contaminated, the soap and water wash may increase, not reduce, the contamination hazard. After which, the food containers are immersed in a disinfectant solution for 30 minutes (see [Table J-3]); then rinsed with potable water, if available and time permits. Chlorine solutions are not as reactive or corrosive as DS2.
2. Place the containers in boiling soapy water for 15 minutes; then rinse with potable water.
NOTES
1. The chemical field decontamination kits do not meet the requirements to decontaminate food supplies exposed to biological agents.
2. The same procedures should be followed even if there is only suspicion of a biological warfare attack.
(b) Thoroughly wipe containers that will not withstand soaking with a cloth soaked in a chlorine detergent solution. Remove the food from the container and place it in Group III.
(c) Metal or glass containers determined to have trichothecenes (Yellow Rain) present can be decontaminated using DS2. Allow a contact time of 5 to 30 minutes for the DS2 to neutralize the toxin. Then rinse the container with potable water.
(4) Group III food items that are not protected by the packaging material are decontaminated or disposed of as follows: