OMU Faculty of Engineering Department of Food Engineering. Dr. Ahmet Hilmi Çon drew attention to poisoning caused by chicken meat.
“Each ring of the process is vital”
Çon said that many bacteria can be transmitted due to the fact that chicken meat is not kept well, “Each ring of this process is vital in terms of food safety. Chicken meat is a food that offers ideal conditions for the growth of microorganisms. Therefore, cooking, contact and storage processes can experience great health problems. It is very important to cook the chicken sufficiently, but it is not enough to touch the product with the same equipment. It may cause it to be contaminated, especially with the approach of the summer months.
“Chicken meat is very suitable for bacterial growth”
He said that hygiene should be paid attention to all stages from the cultivation of the chicken to cooking and serving. Dr. Çon, “Chicken meat is a very sensitive animal food due to its structure and creates an extremely favorable environment for bacterial reproduction. Therefore, starting from the growing conditions of the chicken on the farm, the seller love, the hygiene applications there, to be carried out in the markets or butchers, should be prepared in the markets or butchers.
What are the most common causes of chicken meat poisoning?
Stating that the chicken is not consumed correctly, it can bring serious public health problems with it. Dr. Ahmet Hilmi Çon said, “Cooked chicken products stored under inappropriate conditions can contain bacteria to threaten health even in just a few hours. Therefore, both enterprises and individuals who prepare food at home need to pay more attention to the hygiene rules than ever before. For reasons, consumers shop from reliable places, pay attention to hygiene in the food they prepare and especially to cook the animal foods at the appropriate temperature, although it is not a source of nutritious and economic protein.
(DHA)