Many people believe that washing raw chicken prior to cooking is safe, or even prevents food-borne illness. In fact, the opposite is true
By andWashing chicken increases the risk that harmful bacteria could spread to the sink and surrounding surfaces through a process called aerosolization.
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"You should assume that if you have chicken, you have either or bacteria on it, if not both," said food researcher , an associate professor at Drexel University. These two bacteria, she noted, are the leading causes of food-borne illness. "If you wash it, you're more likely to spray bacteria all over the kitchen and yourself." And the water you would use to rinse the chicken is not hot enough to kill bacteria, either.
In reality, washing chicken increases the risk that to the sink and surrounding surfaces through a process called aerosolization. If people eat any food being prepared on those surfaces, they could become sick through the cross-contamination, And there's simply no need to wash the chicken because cooking it to a proper temperature will kill the bacteria.
New Mexico State University, the Drexel team's partners for educational media development, also had strengths in video production, so the researchers were able to produce the stories with actors. Each story features a person preparing chicken and attempting to wash it, until intercepted by a family member who informs them about the risk.
Each story features a different type of chicken (such as a whole chicken or ) to convey that no raw poultry is safe for washing, and includes a healthy recipe for the featured meal. The campaign is an outgrowth of the researchers' U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded research effort to address unique food-safety risks in U.S. minority populations. Learn more and view the stories at , and see a discussion of the campaign in .
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