• Question: what is the most popular bug in meats?

    Asked by nuclear to Duncan on 17 Mar 2013.
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      Duncan Gaskin answered on 17 Mar 2013:


      I’m guessing by popular, you mean common.

      The answer to this depends on which meat you mean and how it has been prepared.
      For example the most common bug found in chicken is called campylobacter jejuni. But this bug is not common in beef. Bugs get onto meat as it is processed and handled. This is why food manufacturers and chefs make sure that the places they work in are very clean and that anything that comes into contact with the meat is clean.
      Most of the bugs found on meat are killed when the meat is cooked properly.

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