Campylobacter Bacteria: Do you also make the mistake of washing chicken before cooking? If so, then rectify this habit immediately. This is not good for the health of you and your family members. According to a report published in The Conversation, food safety authorities and regulators around the world recommend that raw poultry should not be washed, it should be cooked as is. It is said that washing raw poultry can lead to the spread of dangerous bacteria in the kitchen. That's why chicken should not be washed before cooking, it should be cooked well like this. This method is the most secure. Many surveys related to this have been done, in which shocking revelations have been made. Let's know about them.
A shocking revelation in the survey
Know that it is common to wash chicken before cooking. There have been some similar revelations in the survey as well. A survey by the Food Safety Information Council in Australia found that almost half of Australian households wash chicken before cooking. At the same time, Dutch research revealed that 25 per cent of consumers wash chicken before cooking. So know what are the dangers of washing chicken before cooking.
Washing chicken before cooking is dangerous
Significantly, the two main causes of food-borne diseases are Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria. These bacteria are on raw poultry. When chicken is washed before cooking, it spreads in the kitchen. Because of this, the chances of disease increase.
This thing came out in the research
Let us tell you that in the last two decades, the cases of Campylobacter and Salmonella have doubled in Australia. About 25 per cent of Campylobacter cases reported in Australia are directly or indirectly related to chicken meat. Research has also been done on water droplets that spread after washing chicken, which showed that washing chicken before cooking is a risky task.
