Advice - Problem with shipped food

[Taprock]

I have a standing order with Amazon for the food for the birds it is Vitasmart complete nutrition without sunflower. I received an order and stashed it a week. When I took the bag out of the box my hand was covered in an unknown greasy green liquid that is all over the bag. I can see where it has soaked into the card board. It is going to be refunded and more shipped. My intentions were to wash the bag, make sure it didn't leak and carefully transfer the food to another container. My husband said it's paid for why bother. It will be a couple days until more arrives and I stupidly didn't open the box till I ran out of the current bag. I do have on hand some seed mix I use as treats. What would you do?

 

[SailBoat]

What you are describing is likely an antifreeze product. If so, it would be deadly.

To avoid a long discussion on 'plastic' bags, lets just say they are not created equally. Water proof, moisture proof, leak free plastic bags are expensive. The vast majority of plastic bags are defined as leak 'resistant.' Which by implication would mean that some moisture could enter. With a dry product what if anything that enters would be taking into the product. What is not contaminated and what is would be difficult to separate out.

Your description of the liquid would imply petrochemical as its base. As a common statement Petrochemical products are dangerous to Birds.

Long Story Short! It is possible that the plastic bag did its job. But, it is just not worth chancing it.

Hope that this helps.

 

[Taprock]

Thanks, I was thinking on contamination and had not even thought of the plastic degrading. Birds are happy, they get what I call the junk food because it a brand that has lots of nuts and seeds in the mix.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Wow.
Well, from now on, you'll be openning up those bags early.
I'm so glad you took the safe path and didn't use the food.
Better luck in the future!