In this pandemic situation, everyone probably knows the importance of the sanitation of fruit and vegetables. fruits and vegetables go through quite a journey before they make it into your crisper drawers and along the way, they picked up things you don't want to be eating, including wax, dirt, and chemical pesticides, and now covid 19 adds another threat to the list of things that might be lurking on your Fruits and vegetables. According to the center for disease prevention and control, they can also harbor pathogens that cause food-borne illness, an issue that affects one in six Americans every year.