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  • Cross Contamination
  • Don't Prepare Food If You are Ill

Related Topics

  • Hand Hygiene

Food Safety

  • Food Safety Home
  • Clean & Separate
  • Cook & Chill
  • Storing & Preserving
  • Cooking Away From Home
  • Handling and Preparing Specific Foods
  • Food Safety in Emergencies
  • Alerts and Recalls
  • Print Materials

More Food Safety

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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Food Safety Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Food Safety Comment Form

Don't Wash Your Chicken

Washing chicken, even with a slow stream of water, can cause dangerous germs to splash from the raw meat onto other surfaces. These germs can then get onto other foods, like lettuce, that will not be cooked to kill germs before eating. Cooking meats to the recommended safe temperature will kill all germs present; meats do not need to be washed.

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Last Updated: 10/20/2022

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