2023-06-10 18:08:58
Consume the undercooked meat has health risks. This same week, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) issued a warning to consumers about the dangers of eating undercooked meat, since it could have been contaminated during its preparation with pathogenic microorganisms. The nutritionist has also abounded on this matter Pablo Ojeda in the program Better late.
The expert has referred to the consumption of undercooked beef such as that which can be found in hamburgers, steak tartare or in a carpaccio. “In Spain, according to Aesan, there are many cases of poisoning, the most frequent due to manipulationbecause of how we use the elements at home or in industrial kitchens, than because of the meat itself,” he assured.
Ojeda has given a series of guidelines to carry out to avoid unpleasant surprises later. First, he has recommended having “the clean hands, clean knives and clean boards” every time the meat is handled.
Another point to note is that do not break the cold chain of the product, since “that’s where bacteria increasepathogens such as listeria, such as salmonellosis, you have to be very careful,” warned the nutritionist.
These poisonings can occur regardless of the type of meat, continues Ojeda, although “it is true that the poultrytype chicken or turkey, are more prolific to these microorganisms. But let’s not forget that in beef, if they are not well done and do not even have a good cold chain, we can also find ourselves with a scare “, she has warned.
For this reason, when order meat in a restaurantthe nutritionist agrees with the advice offered by the Aesan: order the meat well done. The key to knowing that the product is fully cooked is if it has changed color and has lost that characteristic reddish tone, recalls Aesan.
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Likewise, Ojeda has advised eat meat as soon as possible Let’s buy at the butcher shop. “It should not be consumed for more than 24 hours, this is important, because many times we put it in the fridge and leave it for four days,” he recalled.
When cooking meat, it “has to be a couple of minutes at 65 or 70 degrees“, the nutritionist has indicated, in order to “make sure that these pathogens are decreasing”. If the meat is poultry, “then they do have to be completely done”, he has settled.
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