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Consumers are being warned to stop washing raw chicken as doing so increases the risk of food poisoning.
An online survey of 4,500 UK adults by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 44% washed chicken before cooking.
But it warns this spreads campylobacter bacteria onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment, through the splashing of water droplets.
Campylobacter affects about 280,000 people in the UK each year but only 28% in the FSA survey had heard of it.
Only a third of them knew that poultry was the main source of the bacteria.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27832220
An online survey of 4,500 UK adults by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 44% washed chicken before cooking.
But it warns this spreads campylobacter bacteria onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment, through the splashing of water droplets.
Campylobacter affects about 280,000 people in the UK each year but only 28% in the FSA survey had heard of it.
Only a third of them knew that poultry was the main source of the bacteria.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27832220
