HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -A food that is fully cooked can become re-contaminated if it touches other raw foods or drippings from raw foods that contain pathogens. Cross-contamination is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person, object or place to another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cross-contamination is the transfer of harmful bacteria to food from other foods, cutting boards, utensils, etc., if they are not handled properly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cross-contamination occurs when bacteria spread from one food item to another. This can easily happen when cooked or ready-to-eat foods come into contact with raw meat or other uncooked foods, dirty hands or contaminated utensils. Keep raw and ready-to-eat foods separate!

Detailed explanation-4: -Food to Food Here are some examples of food-to-food cross-contamination: In a refrigerator, meat drippings from raw meat stored on a top shelf might drip onto cooked vegetables placed on lower shelf. Raw chicken placed on a grill touching a steak that is being cooked.