• Question: why is raw meat bad for you? and how does cooking it prevent this?

    Asked by ava and hibba!! on 28 Jan 2025.
    • Photo: Carly Bingham

      Carly Bingham answered on 28 Jan 2025:

      Raw meat often has germs on it that make us seriously ill – you might have heard of bugs such as salmonella and E.Coli. These bugs are usually killed by the cooking process as most bacteria (bugs) cannot survive at high temperatures.

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  • Photo: melissau

    melissau commented on :

    Raw milk can also contain germs which can make us unwell – that’s why milk you buy in a shop is pasteurised, which means it’s been heated to a high enough temperature to kill the germs.