I would like to have said that I was surprised but I am not.
A survey on habits and beliefs around food hygiene has found some people wash raw chicken before cooking and others check their phones while preparing food.
Ipsos interviewed 2,231 adults aged 16 to 75 in the United Kingdom online in March 2024.
Overall, 85 percent of adults said they cook or prepare food at home at least several times a week.
One potentially harmful habit was people using the same tea towel for multiple purposes, including drying hands and kitchen objects. The data suggest that almost four in 10 do this at least frequently. Even among those who say they cook and prepare food at home on a daily basis, the proportion of those sharing this habit is 36 percent.
More than a third always or frequently check their phone whilst preparing food. One in five store leftover food in open containers in the fridge.
Almost one in three respondents frequently or always wash raw chicken before cooking it. This practice can cause cross-contamination through splashing bacteria onto hands, clothes, worktops and utensils. Microscopic droplets can cause cross-contamination.
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