SURVEY: Consumer food safety, handling knowledge and practices of meat and meat products -

For a beef burger/patty to be safe to eat, it needs to be cooked until its internal temperature reaches:	71 °C
Recommended temperature for household fridge?	2-4°C
Recommended temperature for household freezer?	-18°C
Salmonella is the most common bacteria found in:	Chicken
Safe storage time in the freezer for uncooked minced meat?	3 - 4 months
If a hamburger is no longer pink in the middle, it is safe to eat	True
Poultry burgers and beef burgers should be cooked to the same internal temperature	True
Muscle cuts like steak or roasts can be eaten rare or medium rare	True
Raw meat should be washed/rinsed before cooking	False
Pregnant women and others with compromised immune systems should reheat lunch meats before consuming them	True
When grilling, it is acceptable to use the plate that held raw meat to serve cooked meat	False
People with open skin injury, gastroenteritis, and ear or throat diseases should not be allowed to handle meat	True
Meat and poultry is marinated and left outside the fridge until ready to cook	False
When cooking meat or poultry, the best place to check the temperature is the centre of the cut	True
Nitrite in cured meats is added for color, flavor and food safety	True
People consume more nitrite from vegetables and saliva than from cured meats	False
You should let unconsumed or leftover meat and poultry cool at ambient temperature before putting it into the refrigerator or freezer	True
The prevalence of the pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes ST6 strain has been reported in all of the processed meat products plants in South Africa	False
Only processed meat products can be contaminated by the bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes	False
Listeria can survive in temperatures associated with refrigeration (4°C)	True
When preparing any type of meat, bacteria can quickly spread between your hands and meat. Always wash your hands with soap and water frequently, for at least?	20 sec
In the fridge (not freezer) of your house, where is the raw meat stored?	Lowest shelf
At home, what is best practice after using a cutting board to slice raw meat and needing to cut tomatoes or onions?	You use a different cutting board
When you cut raw meat and need to use the knife again, what do you do?	Wash the knife with soap and water
At home how do you defrost meat?	Leave it the fridge for few hours/overnight
Gender	Female
Age	40
Department/section	Post-Harvest and Agro-Processing Technologies, Infruitec-Nietvoorbij
Occupation	Food Scientist
Residential status?	Living with a family
Residential area	Stellenbosch

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For a beef burger/patty to be safe to eat, it needs to be cooked until its internal temperature reaches:

Recommended temperature for household fridge?

Recommended temperature for household freezer?

Salmonella is the most common bacteria found in:

Safe storage time in the freezer for uncooked minced meat?

If a hamburger is no longer pink in the middle, it is safe to eat

Poultry burgers and beef burgers should be cooked to the same internal temperature

Muscle cuts like steak or roasts can be eaten rare or medium rare

Raw meat should be washed/rinsed before cooking

Pregnant women and others with compromised immune systems should reheat lunch meats before consuming them

When grilling, it is acceptable to use the plate that held raw meat to serve cooked meat

People with open skin injury, gastroenteritis, and ear or throat diseases should not be allowed to handle meat

Meat and poultry is marinated and left outside the fridge until ready to cook

When cooking meat or poultry, the best place to check the temperature is the centre of the cut

Nitrite in cured meats is added for color, flavor and food safety

People consume more nitrite from vegetables and saliva than from cured meats

You should let unconsumed or leftover meat and poultry cool at ambient temperature before putting it into the refrigerator or freezer

The prevalence of the pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes ST6 strain has been reported in all of the processed meat products plants in South Africa

Only processed meat products can be contaminated by the bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria can survive in temperatures associated with refrigeration (4°C)

When preparing any type of meat, bacteria can quickly spread between your hands and meat. Always wash your hands with soap and water frequently, for at least?

In the fridge (not freezer) of your house, where is the raw meat stored?

At home, what is best practice after using a cutting board to slice raw meat and needing to cut tomatoes or onions?

When you cut raw meat and need to use the knife again, what do you do?

At home how do you defrost meat?

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SURVEY: Consumer food safety, handling knowledge and practices of meat and meat products