Related על חגיגה 3:3

One who immerses one of them (i.e., his hands), and prepares tahorot (i.e., food that must be prepared while in a state of purity): All the tahorot that he [attempted to] prepare in a state of purity before he immersed both of them are [deemed] impure, since one hand renders the other impure to thereby render the consecrated food impure, the words of Rebbi. Rabbi Yosei son of Rabbi Yehuda says, [the rule should rather be formulated as,] "to render the consecrated food disqualified."

There is a greater stringency with regards to consecrated food [of sacrifices] and Terumah than with regards to the [waters of] purification [containing the ashes of the red heifer], since everyone is believed regarding [the purity status of the waters of] purification, but not everyone is believed as to [the purity status of] consecrated foods or Terumah. There is greater stringency with regards to the [waters of] purification, which is that one who is pure [with respect to the waters of purification] is impure with respect to consecrated food and Terumah, and there is no than with the purity of consecrated food and Terumah. There is a "counting" with respect to consecrated food and Terumah (i.e., 3rd- and 4th- level impurity, see Minchat Yitzchak), but there is no "counting" as to the [waters of] purification. A mourner is forbidden [to partake] in tithes but permitted [to partake] in Terumah and in [the purification rite involving] the red heifer. A tevul yom (i.e., one who has immersed but remains impure until sunset) is forbidden in Terumah but permitted in tithes and in the red heifer. One who lacks atonement (i.e., who has not yet brought a sacrifice) is forbidden in the red heifer but permitted in tithes and in Terumah.