Never rinse raw meat under the tap

Many Chinese people think that raw meat is inedible. Do you know how dirty a piece of raw meat is? However, after buying the meat, never rinse it under the tap!

Freshly slaughtered raw meat is relatively clean and contains fewer bacteria, but it may contain parasites, such as Taenia solium and Taenia solium. When people are infected with parasites, they will experience symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, and indigestion.

Taking the pork tapeworm as an example, it not only damages the intestines, but the larvae can also harm the whole body when they enter the blood. Entering the brain can cause epilepsy, and entering the eyes can cause severe blindness... Long-term infection with parasites will lead to malnutrition and can also infect others.

At the same time, during storage and transportation, raw meat will gradually produce a large number of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Acetobacter, Pseudomonas, etc. This can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, fever, and enteritis. The parasites and bacteria in raw meat can cause great harm to human health. Fortunately, they can all be killed by sufficient high-temperature heating.

Therefore, from a safety perspective, except for organic meat or meat whose source you are particularly familiar with, it must be thoroughly cooked before eating.

Some people are used to rinsing the meat before cooking. But this habit has considerable health risks. Recently, the Victorian Department of Health in Australia reminded on its official website that people should not rinse raw meat under the tap after purchasing it. If you use the faucet to rinse raw meat, not only will it fail to kill the bacteria on it, but the splashing water will also spread the bacteria to the kitchen - the sink, chopping board, cooking table, kitchen knife... As long as the water may splash, the bacteria may spread there. If you wash fruits or other raw foods next time, they may be contaminated with bacteria, posing a food safety hazard.

Therefore, the Victorian Department of Health in Australia recommends that raw meat should not be rinsed under the tap. Instead, it can be washed in a fixed basin and then dried with kitchen paper.