HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

How come you get salmonella from an undercooked piece of meat?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Processing: When meat is processed it is often contaminated by fecal matter from the animals and if the salmonella is not killed by appropriate heating it can infect you. The contamination has to be significant unless you have low gastric acidity or are taking antibiotics for another reason.

Answered 8/13/2012

5.7k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Uncooked cookie dough is bad and not recommended to eat due to potential salmonella and death but is accidentally undercooked cookies just as bad? Or does the risk become less the longer its cooked?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

What's the likihood of contracting salmonella from undercooked chicken?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

We just ate burgers which turned out to be quite rare / undercooked. What should we do? Internet mentioned salmonella and other problems? Ecoli?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I accidentally just at undercooked pre mixed pancake batter (aunt jemima). Worried about salmonella poisoning! There's no egg mixed in. What do I do?!

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

How long does a salmonella infection caught by eating undercooked chicken last?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

Is it true that you can get food poisoning / salmonella only from meats?
If i'm going grocery shopping and i get stuff like chicken (raw) and ground beef. Any germs like salmonella, e coli, or any other germs from raw meat on my hands?
Do you always get sick from undercooked chicken or only when it has salmonella?
Ive eaten a whole undercooked/raw chicken breast, will i get salmonella?
How can you tell if chicken meat has salmonella?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.