Food handling practices and food safety risks in the Chinese rural households

In household environment, pathogens have chances to move from raw meat to human body through improper meat handling practices, such as cross-contamination, improper storage and thawing, incorrect cooking temperature and time, and inappropriate treatment of leftover meat. The research surveyed 1200 rural households from China´s 15 provinces and reavealed that there were serious food safety risks involved in food handling practices in rural households. Therefore it is critical that food safety intervention are targeted to rural consumers.