Letting beef blood drip on other foods

Cross-contamination is one of the main issues with raw meat storage. There is a chance that any viruses in your raw meat will multiply in any ice cream or popsicle container where blood from the meat has spilled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that bacteria such as campylobacter, salmonella, clostridium, E. coli, yersinia, and others can live in uncooked ground beef. Therefore, these germs can be spread through any raw meat juices. Furthermore, if unclean containers are utilized to keep raw meat, the leftover bacteria in the unclean containers can spread. These bacteria can result in severe sickness and even death when present in large concentrations.

Restaurants keep raw meat in either its original packaging or clean, sanitized containers that prevent spillage to avoid cross-contamination (via the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation). Additionally, even in your freezer, you shouldn't keep raw and cooked items together. Keep your frozen ground beef on the bottom shelf. If any liquid does, for some reason, slip out, it won't drip onto other meals.