My husband was cutting up raw meat and didn't wash his hands.?

Question

Then he picked up a carrot and started cutting up that on a different cutting board. I said that's cross contamination but he says that cooking the vegetables will kill off any bacteria. Who is right?

Answer 1

Well, technically, YOU'RE right. One should always try to keep raw meat and veggies separate, and cut them on different cutting boards. But, he's also right. If you're cooking the veggies to boiling, it's no different than cooking the meat and veggies together, in the same pan, as you likely do fairly often. How often have you added raw onion and garlic to ground beef and cooked them together?

If the veggies were to be served raw, then it's definitely dangerous.

Polly

Answer 2

.What you need is an instant read thermometer not a meat thermometer and calibrate it as Art described. Since fish can be eaten raw what degree you cook it to is entirely up to you The same goes with steaks American farm raised pork can be cooked to155 and then allow carry-over cooking bring it up to temp Because of the peculiarities of a birds reproductive/ digest systems and the conditions that they're raised in chickens must be cooked to 165 All ground meat products must also be cooked to 165. One part of the reason that that temp is necessary is that it's called ground beef, not ground steak and contaminants can be on the meat itself .The other part is that the actual grinding process offers many opportunities for cross contamination to occur. The machinery for grinding may not have been cleaned properly or the guy handling the meat didn't wash his hands when he got done using the toilet-that is usually the reason for most E.Coli outbreaks.

Answer 3

That is so wrong.. Although cooking does kill some bacteria Meat spores can be very dangerous. I work in a care hospital and we have seperate gloves knives and cut boards for everything why take the chance.

Answer 4

I only worry about raw chicken and about transferring that bacteria to my kitchen surfaces and clean items. I never worry about between food contamination, I think it's a bunch of hooey.

It all gets cooked well enough to eat. Listen, cooking is about having some fun in the kitchen and preparing a meal together that you both like. If you turn it into a police zone or science academy thent he fun goes right out the window and your hubby is going to flee the scene next dinnertime.

Answer 5

You are right.

Yet as long as he cooks the meat properly, and the carrots with it, it is ok.

Unless you want to do all the cooking, dont get to picky.

Answer 6

It completely depends how long and how high you cook the vegetables. But you were right to be better safe than sorry.

Answer 7

is he cooking the vegetables in the same pan as the chicken? if he is then it's fine. if you're just going to heat up the vegetables you could still get sick. it needs to reach a certain temperature to kill samonella. i think you're right, make him wash his hands next time!

Answer 8

you are right. Not washing your hands after handling raw meat is a means of transporting germs to other foods.

Answer 9

Did he crap on his hands before he started his meal prep? If so, that's bad.

Answer 10

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