CDC: Don’t Wash Your Thanksgiving Turkey

With Thanksgiving almost here, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued tips on the safest way to prepare your turkey.

First of all, you should not wash or rinse your bird. That may seem counterintuitive, but washing the turkey can spread germs and bacteria all over your kitchen.
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Do not wash or rinse raw turkey. Federal food safety advice has recommended against washing turkey or chicken since 2005, but some habits are hard to break. A 2020 survey* found that 78% of participants reported washing or rinsing turkey before cooking. Old recipes and family cooking traditions may tempt you to keep this practice going, but it can make you and your family sick. Poultry juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other foods, utensils, and countertops.
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No matter what suggestion comes from a gov agency full or morons like the CDC; I will make sure to do the opposite of what they suggest. I have never needed a gov agency to be my daddy.

They don't want you to wash off that smallpox they sprayed on there.

The CDC is a joke.

Why would anyone still listen to them?

The cdc is the cnn of health information

This shit is getting too retarded for me.

With Thanksgiving almost here, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued tips on the safest way to prepare your turkey.

First of all, you should not wash or rinse your bird. That may seem counterintuitive, but washing the turkey can spread germs and bacteria all over your kitchen.
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Do not wash or rinse raw turkey. Federal food safety advice has recommended against washing turkey or chicken since 2005, but some habits are hard to break. A 2020 survey* found that 78% of participants reported washing or rinsing turkey before cooking. Old recipes and family cooking traditions may tempt you to keep this practice going, but it can make you and your family sick. Poultry juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other foods, utensils, and countertops.
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don't wash your ass



too dangerous

So do I wash it or not?

BULLSHIT !

Screw this advice.

I will ALWAYS rinse the bird well. Really well. It has been soaking in
an injected brine and natural body juices for weeks, if not months.

Hot temperatures can kill most germs — usually at least 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

Since you normally cook a bird to an internal temperature of 155 or so, then remove it
from the oven where it continues to cook itself for 10 or so min, this should be more than fine.

After the COVID lies, I will NEVER trust any guidance the CDC issues.

With Thanksgiving almost here, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued tips on the safest way to prepare your turkey.

First of all, you should not wash or rinse your bird. That may seem counterintuitive, but washing the turkey can spread germs and bacteria all over your kitchen.
[link to www.webmd.com (secure)]



Do not wash or rinse raw turkey. Federal food safety advice has recommended against washing turkey or chicken since 2005, but some habits are hard to break. A 2020 survey* found that 78% of participants reported washing or rinsing turkey before cooking. Old recipes and family cooking traditions may tempt you to keep this practice going, but it can make you and your family sick. Poultry juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other foods, utensils, and countertops.
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It's perfectly fine and possibly better to wash the turkey, especially the cavity, Just don;t splash water all over your kitchen... No mater what, you will need to disinfect all surfaces involved with washing the turkey afterwards anyway! b]

This is one of the strangest things coming out of
the CDC since "Your SECOND BOOSTER SHOT is ready!"

:GetOUTTAdodge:
"...If I don't get a friggin' BATH before
I'm "offered up to the GODS of Thanksgiving"
...THEN I AM OUTTA HERE!"

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


The Oracle's Cookie

Save even more time, don't even take it out of the plastic, just poke a few holes in it and throw it in the microwave

While the CDC is correct in this case I think it would be better to advise people to carefully rinse their turkey under low running water. After which they should thoroughly wash their sink and counters around it to ensure no cross contamination occurs.

This is basic food handling.

They don’t want you to wash off the nano particles and graphene oxide.

They don’t want you to wash off the nano particles and graphene oxide.

It's not like people at the meatpacking plants jerk off all over your turkey