The video of the young woman eating raw chicken has more than 1.5 million views.
According to Statista, in 2018, 58 percent of the organic chicken consumed worldwide was frozen.
The pharmacist Álvaro Fernández has more than 2.5 million views on TikTok.
Have you ever wondered what are the risks of eating raw chicken? A user identified as @Nashita has viralized a video on social networks where the young woman can be seen eating a piece of raw chicken. It should be noted that the original footage has to this day more than 1.5 million views.
With the understanding of the reach that the viral video published on TikTok has had, other users have reacted and talked about the health risks of eating raw foods such as chicken meat.
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This video came into the hands of the pharmacist Álvaro Fernández, better known as @farmaceuticofernandez, who took the opportunity to mock the fact that the young woman ate raw chicken, even with all the health risks involved in carrying out this action.
The pharmacist explains that raw chicken should not be eaten, since raw chicken can contain bacteria such as Campylobacter or Salmonellosis. With which, according to the pharmacist, it can cause food poisoning.
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What are the risks of eating raw chicken?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chicken can be a nutritious option, but raw chicken is often contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria and sometimes Salmonella and Clostridium perfringens bacteria.
If you eat chicken meat that is undercooked, you can get a foodborne illness, also called food poisoning. Also, you can get sick if you eat other food or drinks that are contaminated with raw chicken or its juices.
The CDC estimates that each year in the United States about one million people get sick from eating contaminated poultry.
Measures to prevent food poisoning from raw chicken
According to the CDC, if chicken is on your menu, when you’re shopping, cooking, or eating out, follow these tips to help prevent food poisoning:
- Place chicken in a disposable bag before putting it in the shopping cart or in your refrigerator to prevent raw juices from coming into contact with other foods.
- Wash your hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds before and after handling chicken meat.
- Do not wash raw chicken. During washing, chicken juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other food, utensils, and countertops.
- Use a different cutting board for raw chicken.
- Never place cooked food or fresh vegetables or fruit on a plate, cutting board, or other surface that has previously held raw chicken.
- Wash cutting boards, utensils, dishes, and counters with hot, soapy water after preparing chicken and before preparing the next item of food.
- Use a food thermometer external icon to make sure the chicken cooks to a safe internal temperature of 165°F.
- If you are cooking a microwave meal that includes frozen raw chicken, handle it as you would fresh raw chicken. Follow the cooking instructions to the letter to avoid food poisoning.
- If you feel that the chicken you are served at a restaurant or anywhere else is not fully cooked, send it back to cook for a longer time.
- Refrigerate or freeze leftover chicken within 2 hours (or within 1 hour if food is exposed to temperatures over 90°F, for example, inside a hot car or at a summer picnic) .
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