You are just like my brother in law, he is a micrologist? And
my sister was influenced by him, such that she has a germ
phobia.
Though, its the super flu and cold germs that put her down for
about 2 days everytime anyone else is sick besides her, got her
paranoid about personal hygience and cleaniness.
Yeah, see!! When it comes to food hygiene, I've got my
hang up's. 
I sniffed
suspiciously at my possibly still consumable chicken fillets and my
stomach started churning and I could feel my face turning a bit
green at the thought of the festering microorganisms... all the
Salmonella and what-have-you's start swirling around in my mind
until... AAAAaaargh!! *dump!! Peace once more.
Seriously, I don't trust the people who handle the meat.
You don't know if they are clean. I mean even in a developed
country like the US, you get food violations resulting in severe
food recalls and food poisoning. And truthfully, a lot of
these large organisations are pretty unethical. It was
featured in a Current Affairs program here that some supermarkets
have been known to re-package their meat and pump in some kinda gas
when vacuum-packing the meat to make them look fresh and stay
saleable longer. I've been alarmed at a Coles branch for
their extremely poor and unsatisfactory chiller conditions.
I've boycotted Coles meat at Richmond Mall for a long long time and
I can't bring myself to enter the poultry stall at Victoria St
nearby because of the foul stench that assaults me as I
enter. I doubt the stuff is fresh. I doubt their
hygiene standards are up to par. I doubt the chiller's cold
enough sometimes.
Too bad, that's the limitations I have to live with. But
vk, your bro-in-law, the microbiologist, he'd empathise.
