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Plastic Safety
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By Mike La Charite and Jason Logsdon
Published 2019
A main concern of sous vide safety is cooking in plastic and whether or not this is a dangerous practice. Many scientists and chefs believe that cooking in food-safe, BPA-free plastic at these low temperatures does not pose any risk; the temperature is about equivalent to leaving a bottle of water in your car, or in a semi-truck during transport, in summer. This includes Ziploc freezer bags, sous vide bags, and most food-safe plastics.
However, I find it hard to believe that we know everything about how plastic reacts to heat, water, our bodies, and the environment. As such, I encourage you to read up on the safety of plastic in sous vide and plastic in general and come to your own conclusions about the safety of using these techniques. I hope this will at least give you some various perspectives on it and you can make an informed opinion of your own.