Is it safe to put compost in the garden? (I discovered mice in the compost and am worried about diseases.)

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Fecally-contaminated compost will not be safe for use in the growing of food crops for five years unless you sterilize it. To sterilize, heat it up and keep the temperature over 160 F for 40 minutes. Use a long meat thermometer or a special compost-heating thermometer to make sure you do this job properly, or people could die. It is safe to use fecally-contaminated compost on lawns, trees that do not bear fruit, or shrubbery, but you have to be 100% certain that it won't be spread into areas where food is grown for five years, even in heavy rainfall.

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