Sanitising raisins?

[whiteboy]

I'm thinking about adding some raisins to the secondary fermetation of my mead, but i'm a bit in doubt if they in any way should sanitised or cleaned before?

 

[JJack887]

Some just toss them in. You can pasteurize by holding them at 180° in water for ten minutes. There are other lower temperatures and pasteurization times.

 

[loveofrose]

Always tossed them in. No problems in over 10 years.

 

[eogaard]

If they're commercial raisins I've never seen anything about sanitizing them, so you should be good.