What should you do to prevent contaminating cooked food when cracking eggs?

To prevent contaminating cooked food when cracking eggs, it is essential to wash hands after cracking the eggs. Eggs can carry harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, which can lead to foodborne illnesses if they come into contact with cooked foods. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling raw eggs helps eliminate any bacteria that may be transferred to your hands during the process.

While using a separate plate for raw ingredients and avoiding touching cooked food are also important practices in food safety, they do not specifically address the risk of direct contamination that occurs through hand contact after cracking the eggs. In contrast, the option that suggests using the same hands to touch everything poses the highest level of risk for cross-contamination and should be avoided. Proper hand hygiene is the most direct method to prevent potential contamination of cooked food from raw ingredients.