Otherwise, chicken that's fresh and not spoiled does not need to be washed before cooking. If there is a foul smell or discoloration, the chicken is probably bad and no amount of washing it will help.

Though it may seem like good hygiene to wash chicken before cooking it, researchers at Drexel University say people have that all wrong. They've developed a campaign to try to change the ...

Place chicken in a disposable bag before putting it in your shopping cart or refrigerator to prevent raw juices from getting onto other foods. Wash hands with warm soapy water for 20 seconds ...

That’s some hen-durance! A dapper Florida man is celebrating his 26th consecutive day of eating raw chicken — a quest he plans to continue until he “gets a tummy ache.” “This company ...

This guy is every vegetarian’s worst nightmare. Nebraska resident Weston Rowe has been consuming a raw meat-based diet, including raw chicken, for the last three years — and has no plans to stop.

The chicken was then tested for six different bacteria, all of which can be potentially harmful, she said. "We did find 97 percent of one of the six bacteria that we looked for," Rangan said.

If the chicken doesn't pass the test, the batch represented by that sample can't be used to make the final products. This rule will kick in a year after it's officially published in the Federal ...

Americans eat 8 billion chickens a year. That’s right — billion with a “B.” But about one in four pieces of raw chicken carry salmonella, and salmonella from poultry sickens 200,000 ...

The ideal rice for paella is short-grain, which absorbs liquid while maintaining a degree of firmness. Spanish Bomba rice is traditional (and hard to find); use readily available Italian Arborio rice.