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Are there any precautions we should take when

we’re cooking chicken?

Marilyn

When you’re cooking chicken, you need to 

make sure that it’s done right through to the 

middle so as to kill all of the bacteria. When you

cut into the thickest part of the chicken, there 

shouldn’t be any pink meat, and the juices 

should be clear, not pink. If you want to be 

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really sure that it’s cooked properly, you could 

buy a meat thermometer. Chicken is supposed 

to reach 74ºC to be safe to eat.

Presenter

Thanks for that, Marilyn. So you’re saying that 

chicken has to be cooked thoroughly. How 

about other meat? Some people like their beef 

rare, for example.

Marilyn

That’s right, Rob, and rare beef is perfectly 

safe, as long as it’s well-cooked on the outside 

to kill the surface bacteria. You see, pieces of 

beef have a very dense texture that bacteria 

can’t go through, so it’s not so important to cook

it right through to the middle. You can also eat 

raw beef, like steak tartare, for example, but this

is only safe to eat when the meat has been 

handled following strict food safety guidelines. 

As for other kinds of meat, they should all be 

cooked through to the middle.