Should meat be washed with water before consumption?

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28 April, 2022

Many times I have heard this discussion about the convenience or not of washing the meat before consuming it, the answer is a NO in capital letters

since when washing the meat we activate the bacteria that it could have, we could microbiologically contaminate all the surfaces where we have said meat.

Should meat be washed with water before consumption?

This custom usually comes from many years ago when there was no such information, and our grandparents used to have that custom, but today it is completely discouraged.

Poultry meats such as chicken or turkey are the most dangerous and the ones that can contain the most bacteria

Should meat be washed with water before consumption?

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What to do then to eliminate these possible bacteria

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Freeze meat: Just as we do with fish to eliminate the possible anisakis that those that come directly from the sea could bring, a good way to eliminate bacteria from meat, mainly chickens and turkeys, is exactly the same as freezing them, in this way we will eliminate any possible bacteria.
High temperatures : Another way but if we do not want to freeze the meat is to cook it at temperatures above 60 ° C, so any possible bacteria that the meat could bring will die.