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."
Ok.
The chicken poop is piling up in here fast!
I salt my chickens for an hour, then rinse. Inside and out with either kosher salt or sea salt.
My chickens will always prefer a bath to a shower. They claim
bathing makes it easier to keep the water out of their ears.
My chickens will always prefer a bath to a shower. They claim
bathing makes it easier to keep the water out of their ears.
It sure as hell will not be Halal after you do that!
I’m going to cross the road to get away from this thread.
I always marinate my chickens overnight in beer-
It gets the chickens and the campylobacter both drunk. The campylobacter stagger all over the chicken and the chickens stagger all over the house .
I’m the same way. Drives me nuts if the kitchen is the least bit dirty.
The upside is we don’t waste the weekend cleaning.
Same with bathrooms, living rooms, hallways, windows.
I clean a little each day and ain’t nothing to do....
Gilbert Gottfried Cheese Sandwich Joke for Joan Rivers' Roast.
Enjoy.
Just don’t say anything fowl.
This is probably some jackass Prince Charles ‘green’ water-saving idea.
Oh, good grief, I bet you’re right.
In the late 80’s, one of the news/magazine shows (possibly 60 minutes) featured a clip on chicken processing plants. I missed the broadcast but my friends didn’t. They were wide eyed as they assured me that if I had seen the special, I would never forget to wash raw chicken before cooking it. They spoke of “ponds of viscous liquid with what looked like feces floating on the top and this conveyor belt was dragging raw chickens up through the slurry for the purpose of ‘cleaning’ the chicken before packaging it.” There was more...it was so...awful. So, THANKS but no thanks. I plan to continue bleaching surfaces after washing poultry.
I guess these smarter than we people should also consider brushing their teeth and keeping their mouths closed.
LOL I knew where it was going halfway thru and still snickered when it got there
Don't egg people on.
Those were fowl.
Egg-cuse me!
My Mother taught me to wash everything coming in contact with raw poultry. I rinse my poultry because the cooling water used in processing chick can be a bacterial soup and I believe rinsing helps remove this contamination as well help remove the kidneys which are never removed in processing. Yes, you need to be careful in handling raw poultry and cook it thoroughly, but use common sense.
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