Don't Wash Chicken

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Originally Posted by JuancoRocks

I grew up on the farm without electricity and we slaughtered chickens on a daily basis. The only cooling we had was icebox and the celler which we didn't use much. I don't remember anyone ever getting sick from salmonella or any other chicken or bacteria related illnesses.

Yes, but your live chickens were in clean, healthy conditions to begin with. When you are eating factory-farmed chickens, where the ones on the bottom racks are literally being shit on by the chickens above them all day, your chicken is much more likely to be contaminated right out of the package.