Question re smells from fridges

[TylerDurden]

I have a fridge at home in which I store raw meats. I don't make a point of storing them in plastic boxes as it's too much hassle, so it smellss a little when the fridge is opened and current cleaning products don't seem to get rid of the smell. But in recent times I have stored raw meats in fridges shared with other people, and there has been an issue re smells. Now, long-term usage of such other fridges would be a hassle as they would start smelling a bit like my own fridge. I was wondering if people knew of some excellent cleaning product, sold worldwide, which would be able to clear a fridge of absolutely all smells without damaging the fridge itself?

[RawZi]

    My man seemed to have gotten something stinky on his shirt the other day.  I washed it twice, but the smell was still there.  So then I used Bac-Out by biokleen on it, and the smell disappeared.  It reads that it has live enzyme cultures in it and lime peel extract for "cleaning power".  The ingredients read: natural enzyme-producing cultures, food-grade lime-extacts and stabilizers, vegetable-based surfactants, and filtered water.  Fermented coconut cream is good for cleaning quite a number of things.  I used to use a dish washing detergent called "keep america beautiful" and that cleaned things better than anything I experienced, it was from Tree of Life in Florida I think, and it was natural.  I'm not sure what's available by you.  Plain baking soda may help.  What about borax?  

[djr_81]

Plain baking soda may help. 

That's what we do when the fridge smells bad; we just buy a box of baking soda and leave it open in the fridge to absorb any smells. It works fairly well but isn't perfect.

[RawZi]

    My mom did that too with the baking soda and also washed the fridge with warm water and baking soda.  But would it kill my centipedes?

I'm joking.  

    I clean my fridge with whatever I have on hand, which is usually warm water.

    Borax is used with hot water to get used cloth baby diapers clean and fresh smelling.  I think it's insecticidal too. Never seen insects in baby diapers though.

    Ammonia should work well.  It also gets rid of smells, but has it's own smell.

[Ioanna]

I leave a box of baking soda in the fridge. Recently my fridge died while I was away for work, so the house smelled horribly when I returned. (I was so hungry too )  Anyway, I cleaned it with white vinegar (and the windows open ), which worked perfectly. The vinegar smell dissipates quickly.