Group11

 **__Group 11__**



__**Introduction**__ Food consumed by the human body is used to produce energy to help us perform our daily activities. These food we consume may affect our body in different ways; it may make us healthy or even lead us to certain diseases. The rawness of food is one of the few factors that is able to determine whether the food is safe to be consumed or not. Generally speaking, the food that is cooked well would more likely be healthier to eat because harmful microorganisms are killed during the cooking process which prevents bacteria, viruses, etc to enter our bodies and give us food poisoning. On the other hand, raw food might lead to food poisoning because it may contain several harmful microorganisms. In our experiment, we use beef as a media to observe how different rawness level can affect the safeness of the consumption of food. We chose beef because we have an excess consumption of beef meat everyday, without realizing the fact that there are plenty of bacterias present in each beef meat you eat. It was shown through research that 88% of American ground raw meat sold is contaminated with bacterias(http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2012/raw-ground-meat-often-tainted-with-bacteria/).  There are 5 common bacterias that are present in red meat or raw beef :


 * //E. coli// from intestines and feces
 * //Salmonella// from intestinal tracts
 * //Staphylococcus// from ill food handlers
 * //Listeria// from poor handling practices and poor sanitation

When we consume meat, we do not realize that there are a whole lot of bacteria present in beef. We tend to think that eating a lot of beef is healthier compared to other types of meat. Therefore, by looking at different issues present in eating meat, we, as a group, is curious and therefore attracted into doing this research. We are going to look at all the perspectives of science; chemistry, biology, and physics.

**__Research Question__** // How does different rawness in meat affect our body? // // Global issue : @food poisoning //