Rotten Crabmeat Smell in Cabinet?

Dee

June 12, 20040 found this helpful

First try and get the the crab out of the nooks and crannies with a tooth brush, dipped in baking soda, I would have suggested white vinegar, but not sure you should mix it with any bleach products. if you have other canned food items in the cabinet, check any paper labels as it might have been caught in the misfire. That could be causing your smell. if the cabinet is empty set a bowl of white vinegar in the cabinet over night. Good Luck!

A friend of mine had that kind of thing happen & the only thing that worked was a enzyme cleaner. Since then I have also used it for stains on my carpet & it works very well.

White vinegar (clear) and salt helps cut the fish smell
I would then use water and baking soda to rinse it good and air dry.

Also check to make sure you wiped it off of anything else that was in the cabinet.

We live in Alaska and use fish a lot and many times we will suddenly have a rotten fish smell in the kitchen. I have to do a thorough cleaning job with Clorox Clean-up or bleach and usually it is because something that had fish in it, like a baking dish that was sat on the counter next to the sink got fish juice around the edge of the sink or on the countertop in an area that doesn't get wiped on a daily basis, etc.

You may also want to try lemon juice.

help: I need some advice about getting the rotten fish juice out of my car seat as soon as possible. I can hardly stand to drive my car.

thanks
toby from nova scotia

I am not a happy camper! I just bought the same crab from costco and it exploded in my 40 ft 5th wheel in my friends hand! It was like a shot gun blast and the confinded space almost dropped him. He was deaf for quite a while and threw up at least 20 times. You could not get within 100 ft of our tralier without wanting to hurl. It was all over the ceiling walls cupboards behind the stackable w/d in the stove. This all happen when I was to take pictures to SELL IT.