question about raw meat?

Question

why do people make such a fuss about how you handle meat, e. coli, etc yet people are always eating sushi which is raw? maybe there's something I dont know but I was just wondering

Answer 1

For culinary, sanitary, and aesthetic reasons, fish eaten raw must be fresher and of higher quality than fish which is cooked.
A professional sushi chef is trained to recognize good fish, which smells clean, has a vivid color, and is free from obvious parasites.
Only ocean fish are used raw in sushi; freshwater fish, which are more likely to harbor parasites, are cooked.
Commonly-used fish are tuna, Japanese amberjack, snapper, conger, mackerel and salmon. The most valued sushi ingredient is toro, the fatty cut of tuna. This comes in varieties ōtoro (often from the bluefin species of tuna) and chutoro, meaning middle toro, implying it is halfway in fattiness between toro and regular red tuna (akami).

Answer 2

There are always health risks involved with eating raw animal products no matter if meat, fish, eggs or unpasteurized milk products. That some people know the hazards of raw meat, but are willing to take the chance with sushi is their own contradiction. Sushi is trendy & promoted as very healthy, and in an ideal world fish is healthy, but these fish need to be very fresh and cleaned in a particular way to avoid bacterial and parasitic contaminants which would normally be killed during the cooking process. Fish raised and caught in certified waters lowers the risk, but does not eliminate it. You really don't know the source nor how they are handled. Not every piece of sushi will get you sick, but how do you really know which you are getting? Also consider that people fussy about raw meat may be just as careful about raw fish, too.

Answer 3

all meats have diffrent germs. with meat it is mainly e coli which can in rare severe cases be deadly. with chicken salmonella is really bad, same with fish. sushi is raw but it is cooled and never warm or roomtemperature or u would have to have the same concerns

Answer 4

They're are certain foods that are a concern with contaimination and cross-contaimination.

E. Coli are generally found in warm blooded mammals - cattle, chickens, pigs... etc.

Tuna fish used in sushi, for example, is a cold blooded creature... a cold enviroment does not support e. coli growth.

Answer 5

I wonder that exact same thing. Fish and shellfish are more susceptible to bacteria growth than red meat is.

Answer 6

sushi is not raw, it is seasoned with lemon,citrus and vinegar. these ingredients cooks the fish, which helps kill the germs