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<em>Starting to feel queasy???</em>
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Chicken tends to be higher in bacteria than meat, so it’s something I’m more careful with. If I’m not using the chicken today, I won’t buy it. I always wash my chicken in cold water. And I always sanitize my hands, the faucets, and anything that the chicken touches.</span>
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<span style=”COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)” data-mce-style=”color: #000000;”>So sanitization is extremely important, and today, any good butcher will understand this. Wasn’t always so. I’ve heard a lot of older butchers say to me, “I wonder how many people we made sick in the old days,” when they cut chicken on the same bench as meat.</span>
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