What foods should I get rid of in a pantry moth infestation?

Question

I've cleaned out the cupboards, put in moth traps, and thrown away anything with moths visibly in it and otherwise open packages of flour and wheat products. I now have a bunch of dry food items that I'm not sure what to do with. What sort of foods should I throw away no matter what?

Answer 1

Any foods or spices etc that are open,should be thrown out,Keep all foodstuffs covered or in containers.Those so-and-so's are bad enough.But you can get roaches in your pantry also.

Answer 2

Sometimes, the idea of throwing otherwise usable food away seems wasteful. Especially if you are looking at large quantities. You certainly do need to get things under control. After the cleaning of the cabinetry, I've had good luck with re-packaging the items then freezing for fairly long periods of time in the deep freeze. If there's room, that is. The freezing process will end most life cycles. Gross as it may seem, you can still use many grain based products unless you allow the "Princess Factor" to stay in your head. If you are too queasy about it and the idea of minor issues with insects being in your food is repulsive, that's your call. There are some things I'll just decide I can tolerate. But then I'm a bachelor. There's probably impurities or bugs in it we couldn't see anyway when we brought it home from the store.  

Answer 3

Any foods (animal foods too) made from plants. Anything open has the chance of being contaminated. You also need to open the unopened boxes of things, not so much that they are in the food inside, but the caterpillar crawls away from the food source to pupate and can do so under the card board flaps on packaging. Also check any old potpourri or dried floral arrangements around the house