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Originally Posted by Angua
You do realise that profit is king in the US. They would nail down everything that could prejudice sales of their chicken.
The problem is that chlorine washing is not effective enough at reducing contamination. The bugs can hide under folds of skin, only to start breeding again when conditions permit. This is why ensuring chickens are as salmonella free as possible in the first place is better. US bred chickens live in conditions that spread salmonella, campylobacter & streptococcus.
Washing chicken at home is not recommended as this spreads any contamination further with hidden spray from the washing process.
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If the EU rules are so good, ie washing with water and air, then why is the advice not to wash chicken at home? The study had difficulty find bugs on US chlorinated chicken.
If you sell a dangerous product, you will soon run out of customers. It doesn't make any profit in the longer term.
UK Food Standards Agency.
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About four in five cases of campylobacter food poisoning in the UK come from contaminated poultry, especially chicken.
One of the main ways to get and spread campylobacter poisoning is through cross-contamination from raw chicken. For example, washing raw chicken can spread campylobacter by splashing it onto hands, work surfaces, clothing and cooking equipment.
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US CDC
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Most illnesses likely occur due to eating raw or undercooked poultry, or to eating something that touched it. Some are due to contaminated water, contact with animals, or drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk.
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EU Food Standards Agency
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Campylobacter is a bacterium that can cause an illness called campylobacteriosis in humans. With over 190,000 human cases annually, this disease is the most frequently reported food-borne illness in the European Union (EU). However, the actual number of cases is believed to be around nine million each year. The cost of campylobacteriosis to public health systems and to lost productivity in the EU is estimated by EFSA to be around EUR 2.4 billion a year.
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In its assessments, EFSA has found that chickens and chicken meat may directly account for 20-30% of human cases.
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So the majority comes from other meats and produce.