The research of Meat Preparation and Home Kitchen Practice

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why some people wash raw meat before cooking. In addition, people's attitudes towards general food handling practices and whether they attach importance to food safety are analyzed from different perspectives. According to a Google form survey, researchers were asked about their food safety and hygiene practices in the kitchen, the type of meat they usually wash, the reasons they wash meat, the amount of time they spend cleaning meat, the methods they use to clean up their workplace afterwards, and their attitudes towards cooking food elsewhere than at home. Through the analysis of Excel software, it was found that the majority (82%) of respondents consider their food safety very important. The report also showed that respondents did not wash most meat, but when they did, fish and poultry were the most commonly washed. The practice of washing raw meat seems to be more popular among the elderly, with the most common reason being that respondents did not respond to wash the meat because they thought it was already clean. Finally, respondents' attitudes toward food safety were not strongly related to whether they washed raw meat or not.