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Keeping raw and cooked foods (mostly meats) separate limits the chance of contamination by bacteria such as E. coli.

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Q: Why do you keep raw and cooked food separate?
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Standardization of raw foods and cooked foods?

We need to separate raw food from cooked food (mainly meat) because we could be infected by the bacterie E coli


Is it true that you should never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat?

Do not place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs. Separate and do not cross contaminate raw and cook meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs, keep ready to eat foods separate to prevent the spread of cross contamination and bacteria.


Are eggs high or low risk foods?

Not really. If it's in the fridge keep it away from cooked meats if raw, and if cooked keep it away from raw meat. This will stop food poisnoning.


Do you think cross contamination involves cooked food to raw or raw food to cooked?

I don't see how cooked food would contaminate raw food, so it would logically have to be the latter.


What is the opposite of raw food?

The opposite of raw food is cooked food.


What is the difference between undercooked and raw?

Overcooked food has been cooked to much. Undercooked food has been not cooked enough and raw food is not cooked at all.


Is raw food cooked?

NO


What is the difference between a raw and cooked egg?

Overcooked food has been cooked to much. Undercooked food has been not cooked enough and raw food is not cooked at all.


Why should cooked and raw food be kept apart?

raw food may contain pathogens which will be destroyed in the cooking prosses but if they touch cooked food they may pass on these pathogens to food that wont be cooked again and who ever eats it will get sick


When raw food is placed next to cooked food what type of contamination occurs?

It is dangerous as the bacteria from the raw food come into contact with the cooked food and infect it. One thing you must never do when storing food in the fridge-putting a raw dish a shelf above cooked food! This is because the raw food can drip as it is moist.


Where should you keep raw meat and cooked meat in?

Because the germs from the raw food contaminates with the germs from the cokked food. Even when on the chopping board they should never be kept together.


What types of food are absolutely not in a raw food vegan diet?

A raw food vegan diet does not consist of foods that have been cooked. Pasteurized milks, and cooked meats are also not a part of a raw food vegan diet.