Q21. What is cross contamination?

A21. This is a term used to describe what happens when raw food such as meat, comes into contact with cooked food. An example of this is when a plate of raw meat is placed on a shelf in the fridge above cooked food. The juices from the raw meat drip onto the cooked food which helps to spread the bacteria.

It can also arise if you use the same utensils and chopping board for both raw and cooked food.