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Why would I wash a chicken before cooking? Doesn't that spread germs all over my kitchen counters?

Eric McGill
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702551October 29, 2018
The USDA recommends *NOT* washing chicken.

Here is a food handling PDF provided by USDA that is the top result when entering "USDA wash chicken" into an Internet search engine:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov...

Enjoy!
Nancy W.
Nancy W.October 29, 2018
Yes. Washing chicken is an outmoded recommendation. See this NPR article.
https://www.npr.org/sections...
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