High risk foods

Some foods need careful storage and handling to ensure they stay safe to eat. Raw meat and raw (unpasteurised) milk are in this category.

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    Overview

    Learn how to properly prepare, cook and store higher-risk foods to avoid getting sick from foodborne pathogens, toxins or natural contaminants.

  • Dicing raw chicken

    Raw meat: cross contamination

    Cross-contamination of raw meat and poultry, how it happens, how it can affect your health, and how to handle, store, and cook meat to prevent it.

  • Slicing red meat

    Meat: lumps & other defects

    What causes lumps and other defects in meat, whether this affects its food safety, and what to do if you find defects in meat.

  • raw milk cheese

    Raw milk & raw milk cheeses

    The risks of consuming raw milk products, how they can affect your health, who is most at risk, and how to avoid getting sick.

  • Sausages packaged with modiified atmosphere packaging

    Modified Atmosphere Packaging

    What modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is, how and why it's used, and how to store and handle food packaged using MAP.

  • Dog eating pet food

    Pet food is not for people

    Why humans should not eat pet food, the different hygiene standards for pet food and human food production, how it can affect your health, and safe ways to get cheap protein.

  • Vine tomatoes

    Tomato bacterium

    Bacteria in plants such as tomatoes, capsicum, and potatoes. What the issue is, how it affects exports, how it might affect humans.

  • seed sprouts

    Seed sprouts

    Bacteria in seed sprouts, such as alfalfa and mung bean sprouts. How to handle and grow seed sprouts safely, and who should not eat them.

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