It is frequently found in raw meat, particularly chicken, and thus is a significant cause of food poisoning due to handling raw meat or undercooking it.
Undercooking pasta is used in the first round of cooking when a pasta dish is going to be cooked twice.
It is believed that undercooking red kidney beans "increases" toxicity.
The risks from incomplete defrosting and undercooking chicken may now be better known by the public.
