FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chicken can be a nutritious choice, but raw chicken is often contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria and sometimes with Salmonella and Clostridium perfringens bacteria. If you eat undercooked chicken, you can get a foodborne illness, also called food poisoning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Foods that are ready to eat, foods that don’t need any further cooking, and foods that provide a place for bacteria to live, grow and thrive are described as high-risk foods. Examples of high-risk foods include: cooked meat and fish. gravy, stock, sauces and soup.

Detailed explanation-3: -It’s a common misconception that raw chicken is considered a high-risk food. Raw chicken can, indeed, cause illness if it is not cooked to the proper temperature or consumed when it hasn’t properly thawed. However, it is not considered a ‘high-risk food’ because no eats chicken raw.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is important to handle and store high risk foods separately from raw foods to prevent the risk of cross contamination. High risk foods include: Cooked meat and poultry.

Detailed explanation-5: -High-risk foods are those generally intended to be consumed without any further cooking, which would destroy harmful food poisoning bacteria. High-risk foods include cooked meat and poultry, cooked meat products, egg products and dairy foods. These foods should always be kept separate from raw food.