Author Question: Explain why it is so important to thoroughly cook meat. What will be an ideal ... (Read 18 times)

PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

Explain why it is so important to thoroughly cook meat.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

List three ways food can become contaminated.

What will be an ideal response?

lin77x · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Meat must be cooked thoroughly to kill the bacteria that may be present.

Answer to Question 2

Food can be contaminated by insects that carry microorganisms that transmit disease.
Foreign particles or anything that interferes with the purity of the food can also cause
contamination. Another way that food is contaminated is by pesticide residues