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Re:Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at m... by Symmetry on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:56PM (#29072163)
I remember getting lectured on this back when little-ish me worked as a short order cook. And to never store chicken on top of beef in the freezer.
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Re:Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at m... by kiddico on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:20PM (#29072508)
what's the reason for chicken/beef ordering?
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Re:Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at m... by ska on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:23PM (#29072541)
Anything above has the risk of dripping onto whatever is below (even if you are careful). Chicken has higher incidence of bacteria growth, spoils faster.
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Re:Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at m... by corvuscorvid on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:33AM (#29077796)
In addition, beef is typically cooked to a much lower temperature than chicken, between 120 and 140 F, which is not hot enough to kill something like salmonella, if the beef has been contaminated from spoiled poultry dripping from above.
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Re:Chicken Checker – See how often salmonella was found at m... by Spooky23 on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:39PM (#29072740)
The outer packaging is often contaminated, and can contaminate the beef packaging. Bacteria survive in the freezer.

Beef, except for pre-ground beef, is generally much safer than poultry.

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