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'Don't wash your chicken,' British food-safety watchdog warns
Toronto Sun ^ | June 17, 2014 | QMI Agency

Posted on 06/17/2014 2:23:20 PM PDT by rickmichaels

The U.K.'s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is warning consumers against washing raw chicken.

The FSA dedicated Food Safety Week 2014 to raising awareness about how to cook chicken safely. It came up with the slogan "Don't Wash Your Chicken," after an online survey found 44% of adults wash chicken before cooking.

An FSA flyer explains that raw chicken contains campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the U.K., and if a chicken is washed before it's cooked the bacteria spreads onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment through splashing water droplets.

The FSA says removing germs or dirt is the most commonly cited reason for washing chicken, but the agency says any bacteria on a chicken will be eliminated when it's cooked.

"Although people tend to follow recommended practice when handling poultry...our research has found that washing raw chicken is also common practice," FSA chief executive Catherine Brown told BBC. "That's why we're...raising awareness of the risks of contracting campylobacter as a result of cross-contamination."


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1 posted on 06/17/2014 2:23:20 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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I heard of don’t choke your chicken, but this is the first time I heard don’t wash your chicken.


2 posted on 06/17/2014 2:24:45 PM PDT by sport
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To: rickmichaels

What about choking your chicken?


3 posted on 06/17/2014 2:24:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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He won’t mind that — he doesn’t like to get cleaned up anyway.


4 posted on 06/17/2014 2:25:27 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: rickmichaels

I just toss mine in the dishwasher. Put a little dawn in there and blammo. Squeaky clean.


5 posted on 06/17/2014 2:26:05 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: rickmichaels

An FSA flyer explains that raw chicken contains campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the U.K., and if a chicken is washed before it’s cooked the bacteria spreads onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment through splashing water droplets.

Uhm....That’s why I clean everything in the kitchen when I cook....

Idiotic premise...


6 posted on 06/17/2014 2:26:19 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: rickmichaels

I’m sure the hell not going to wash it AFTER cooking it!!


7 posted on 06/17/2014 2:26:25 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: dfwgator

Apparently, if you cut off oxygen to your chicken for too long, you have to wash it...


8 posted on 06/17/2014 2:27:39 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Vendome
Shhh, don't tell these ex-spurts about soap for hands and
10% bleach solution in a spray bottle for everything else.

Let them eat dirty chicken. lol

9 posted on 06/17/2014 2:29:15 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: GraceG
I use lemon-scented Dawn and click the button for 'High Temp Clean'.

When I take it out, I have freshly steamed lemon chicken!

10 posted on 06/17/2014 2:29:55 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: rickmichaels

The reason to brine the bird or a soak in vinegar and water......


11 posted on 06/17/2014 2:30:09 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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To: rickmichaels

If you don’t wash your chicken before choking it, do you still go blind? (Another myth ‘they’ pushed on us back in the day. About as truthful as sitting under a desk during a Nuclear Attack will save you).

Do ‘they’ still try to push the hair on palms theory?

I didn’t have sons so did NOT have to pass along these gems of advice.


12 posted on 06/17/2014 2:30:19 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Better to keep your enemies inside peeing out, rather than keep them outside, peeing in.".)
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To: rickmichaels

Kosher salt.
Wet chicken, rub kosher salt all over, inside and out, and rinse.
It’ll kill everything.


13 posted on 06/17/2014 2:30:24 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: sport

I’ll wash my chicken whenever I darned well please.


14 posted on 06/17/2014 2:34:42 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: rickmichaels
From my evolution book, "Darwin's Ghost" by Steve Jones ...

"Just a tenth of our bodies are human. Most of the rest belong to bacteria (although a few fungi, mites and worms leaven the mix."

Washing hands after hand washing raw chicken is what I'd recommend.

15 posted on 06/17/2014 2:34:43 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Vendome
Mrs p6 can't stand it when I cook. I clean the counter, knives, sink, pans, EVERYTHING as I go.

Drives her NUTZ but that's a short drive after living with me for near 40 years....

16 posted on 06/17/2014 2:35:02 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Stop the Stupid!)
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To: rickmichaels

Who said to blast it with a fire hose? Sure, if the water is coming out of your faucet like that ... we wipe down all surfaces with a mild bleach solution and use only one cutting board for chicken.


17 posted on 06/17/2014 2:35:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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To: rickmichaels

Be careful with the comments on this thread or they might pullet.


18 posted on 06/17/2014 2:35:53 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: rickmichaels

Well, of course not. That’s what the “Clean” setting on the oven is for. Think, people!


19 posted on 06/17/2014 2:36:09 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Be careful with the comments on this thread or they might pullet.

Don't egg people on.

20 posted on 06/17/2014 2:36:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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