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8 Surprising Food Safety Mistakes You Might Be Making - Self
When you take the time to prepare a meal, you probably expect your food to nourish you instead of making you sick. But foodborne illness due to harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins, and chemicals is astoundingly common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 48 million people experience a foodborne illness every year in the United States. That’s a lot of wear and tear on toilets around the nation.
It’s not just restaurants or supermarket produce causing the trouble. Cooking at home is a major source of foodborne illness as well, Philip M. Tierno, Ph.D., clinical professor of microbiology and pathology at NYU Langone Health and author of the book The Secret Life of Germs, tells SELF.
Some of the basics for safely handling food may seem obvious, but experts say there are plenty of food safety mistakes that people don’t realize they’re making. Here are a few that might surprise you.
When you take the time to prepare a meal, you probably expect your food to nourish you instead of making you sick. But foodborne illness due to harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins, and chemicals is astoundingly common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 48 million people experience a foodborne illness every year in the United States. That’s a lot of wear and tear on toilets around the nation.
It’s not just restaurants or supermarket produce causing the trouble. Cooking at home is a major source of foodborne illness as well, Philip M. Tierno, Ph.D., clinical professor of microbiology and pathology at NYU Langone Health and author of the book The Secret Life of Germs, tells SELF.
Some of the basics for safely handling food may seem obvious, but experts say there are plenty of food safety mistakes that people don’t realize they’re making. Here are a few that might surprise you.