Avoid excessive and rough handling of pouch and canned foods. Eat raw after sprouting. Use in recipes and salads, mix with other ingredients and form loaves. Both glass and plastic containers are commonly used for water storage at home. Containers should be clean and sanitary.
Plastic containers are lightweight and substantially more resistant to breakage than glass.
If plastic containers are used, care should be taken to assure that they are made of plastic approved for food contact by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Polyethylene plastic is approved for food contact and is commonly used for containers of various sizes, including large 55-gallon drums. Leaching of chemicals from approved plastics is negligible. For long-term storage, water should be sterilized or disinfected. One teaspoon of bleach disinfects five gallons of water.