You see there’s a difference between the words cross-contamination and cross-contact. Both are important to ensure the safety of the food that we are consuming but for different reasons.
When you hear cross contamination, think how food-borne illness be prevent?
And when you come across the word cross-contact, think how can a reaction to a protein in food be prevented? This is critical if you have a food allergy and/or intolerance to gluten.
I’ll be talking about how the symptoms you might experience due to cross-contamination and cross-contact in part 2. And I’ll cover how both cross-contamination and cross-contact can be prevented in your home and at restaurants in part 3.