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Rare steak 'is safe to eat'
Meat can become contaminated during the butchery process
Eating rare steak will not cause food poisoning if kitchen utensils used to cook it are kept clean, it is claimed.
University of Nottingham scientists spiked steak samples with E.coli bacteria, then cooked them rare.
The bacteria only survived where the steaks were touched by utensils that were not cleaned after being used to handle raw meat, researchers found.
The study dispels the myth that eating rare steak is in itself unsafe, the Meat and Livestock Commission said.