“Cross contamination” occurs when we put pathogen-free foods in contact with foods that contain pathogens. This can happen directly (through food contact) or indirectly, through using contaminated kitchen utensils, equipment or hands.
Cross contamination tends to occur more commonly than it seems and we must be especially careful with the most vulnerable people in the house. Older people, children, pregnant women and immunosuppressed people may not respond as well as a healthy person to the possible “Foodborne Diseases” that we can contract from food contamination.
1- Use cutting boards for meats and uncooked foods
This is the typical example of cross contamination, when we cut meat or fish on a board and then cut another food to be consumed raw on that same board. Remember that wooden cutting boards are less hygienic, since they clean less well and are porous, which makes it possible for microorganisms to colonize those small spaces in the wood.
2- Knives that are used for everything
3- Kitchen cloths
4- Our own hands or kitchen gloves
5- Use the plate where you have beaten the eggs to turn the omelette
6- Mobile phones
7- Meat and fish drippings in the refrigerator
8- Cleaning refrigerators
9- Wash the chicken meat. The splashes that occur when washing raw meat mean that this water can displace possible pathogens lodged in the chicken skin throughout the washing area (normally the sink and nearby areas). If we put any food to be consumed raw in contact with that surface contaminated by splashes, we can contaminate that food.
10- Wash the eggs to remove dirt from the shell. This occurs because the egg shell has pores covered by a film called “cuticle.” If we rub the egg with the intention of cleaning it, the only thing we achieve is removing the cuticle that covers those pores and making it possible for pathogens to pass inside. Eggs should never be washed before storing them.
“Cross contamination” occurs when we put pathogen-free foods in contact with foods that contain pathogens. This can happen directly (through food contact) or indirectly, through using contaminated kitchen utensils, equipment or hands.
Cross contamination tends to occur more commonly than it seems and we must be especially careful with the most vulnerable people in the house. Older people, children, pregnant women and immunosuppressed people may not respond as well as a healthy person to the possible “Foodborne Diseases” that we can contract from food contamination.
1- Use cutting boards for meats and uncooked foods
This is the typical example of cross contamination, when we cut meat or fish on a board and then cut another food to be consumed raw on that same board. Remember that wooden cutting boards are less hygienic, since they clean less well and are porous, which makes it possible for microorganisms to colonize those small spaces in the wood.
2- Knives that are used for everything
3- Kitchen cloths
4- Our own hands or kitchen gloves
5- Use the plate where you have beaten the eggs to turn the omelette
6- Mobile phones
7- Meat and fish drippings in the refrigerator
8- Cleaning refrigerators
9- Wash the chicken meat. The splashes that occur when washing raw meat mean that this water can displace possible pathogens lodged in the chicken skin throughout the washing area (normally the sink and nearby areas). If we put any food to be consumed raw in contact with that surface contaminated by splashes, we can contaminate that food.
10- Wash the eggs to remove dirt from the shell. This occurs because the egg shell has pores covered by a film called “cuticle.” If we rub the egg with the intention of cleaning it, the only thing we achieve is removing the cuticle that covers those pores and making it possible for pathogens to pass inside. Eggs should never be washed before storing them.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-cross-contamination-definition-examples-facts.html.-----
https://www.medicinenet.com/types_of_cross_contamination_how_to_prevent_them/article.htm .----
https://www.health.state.mn.us/people/foodsafety/prevention.html .----
https://www.anfponline.org/news-resources/top-10-resource-lists/top-10-food-safety-issues .---
https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rm/environmental_health/consumer/food_program/cross_contamination.asp.-----
https://www.i3biomedical.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10-Sources-of-Cross-Contamination.pdf .---
https://personaconsumidora.elika.eus/10-ejemplos-de-contaminacion-cruzada/.----