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[rosem]

There is an news form FDA about: washing chicken spread bacteria on to surfaces & this makes food poisoning!


read it


FYI...


Rose

Edited by rosem, 25 July 2010 - 01:01 PM.

[Tony-C]

There is an news form FDA about: washing chicken spread bacteria on to surfaces & this makes food poisoning!
read it

FYI...
Rose

The news is from a survey by Which not the FDA:

An estimated three quarters of consumers who buy whole chickens wash them, potentially spreading bacteria on to work surfaces for up to a 3ft radius, research by Which? has revealed.

It is not a surprise really - you wash the chicken and the water splashes everywhere, so a good clean up afterwards is necessary.

Regards,

Tony

Edited by Tony-C, 26 July 2010 - 03:48 AM.

[Charles.C]

Dear All,

Tap water won't get rid of the germs that cause food poisoning

An interesting theory. Does this mean that the housewife is being recommended to avoid washing any of her raw materals before cooking ?
Actually I do seem to remember some analogous high-level discussion regarding the pros / cons of washing/not washing spinach at the time of the E.coli O157 outbreak in USA
http://www.usatoday....-14-ecoli_x.htm
(I suppose that based on the above link and a 65% Campylobacter contamination level, we should preferably throw the chickens away)

By washing your raw bird, you're actually more likely to spread the germs around the kitchen than get rid of them.

How about washing them somewhere else ? In a closed bucket? Interesting that, regardless of washing or not, no mention of the routine risk of cross-contamination from fresh to adjacent RTE foods.

Rgds / Charles.C

[Simon]

I'm not a housewife, but I always rinse my chicken before preparing and cooking. I am careful not to swing the chicken and throw it around everywhere; I also dry the chicken on a paper towel. I always wash up well. I think care, attention and commonsense is all that is needed. But...

Is there any benefit to what I am doing? It feels right but I'm not sure.