Many women follow some wrong methods in their kitchen and when preparing meals, especially meat, poultry and fish, which are frozen and which they put in the freezer, where the women put these freezers in water until the ice defrosts, and there are some women who make other mistakes, which is refreezing them Again, all of these methods are wrong and harmful to health as well. Here, in our article, we had to point out those dangers and health damages because of this topic. We also had to point out that we should follow the correct methods of cooking and freezing frozen meat, fish and poultry without exposing them to any dangers to your health. On the correct methods of storing frozen items such as meat, poultry and fish, follow our next article.
The dangers of refreezing meat
One of the most dangerous dangers that can be caused by refreezing meat following it has been defrosted is that this meat becomes more susceptible to bacteria, because its temperature changes, so it is frozen and then exposed to a warm current in the room, and as confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture, raw meat that It is safe to freeze indefinitely if it is frozen, but if it is defrosted, it must be cooked quickly and not frozen once more because this is harmful to health due to the bacteria that are formed during this process.
Correct ways to store and preserve meat
If we want to preserve, store and freeze meat, fish and poultry, in safe and healthy ways without being exposed to any harmful bacteria, then we must follow these next steps.
- Not washing meat, fish and poultry before freezing and storing.
- Meat, fish and poultry should be washed just before cooking.
- Remove all excess fat when storing.
- Use bags that are intended for storage and not use black bags.
- Allocate a good place to store meat, fish and poultry away from any other foods.
- In the event that we want to defrost meat, fish and poultry before cooking, we must put them in the bottom of the refrigerator, just before cooking them.
- Never re-freeze meat, poultry and fish once more.
