Just because a fruit or vegetable has a thick skin that you may not eat, like cantaloupe or watermelon, wash it anyway. When you bring it home, wash it well with water before it touches anything else and let it air dry. If bacteria are on the outside of the cantaloupe or pineapple and you cut it open with a knife, what happens? The bacteria has spread via the knife from the outside of the fruit to the inside…the part that you and your family are about to eat. Wash it first, then cut it and eat or put it in the refrigerator. Because berries are so delicate, wash them gently right before you eat them and dry on paper towel or a clean towel that you don’t mind stains getting on.