NBC晚间新闻 鸡肉根本不需要清洗

You may not have to wash that chicken after all

鸡肉根本不需要清洗

Do you wash your chicken before you prepare it? A new study says rinsing¹ it off actually may do more harm than good. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports.

准备鸡肉的时候你洗不洗？新的研究表明清洗鸡肉有害而无利。NBC的Kerry Sanders报道。

We are back with our health news store I tonight, and as we mentioned, let's be honest here, it's very likely that a whole lot of people just aren't going to believe it when they hear that this new research says washing a chicken, just rinsing it off before you prepare it and cook it, may actually do more harm than good. We get the story tonight from NBC's Kerry Sanders .

reporter: The average American eats 81 pounds of chicken a year, and as mom always told you before cooking wash the chicken. Even Julia Child said it was a must.

Run the water right through it inside and out.

reporter: But now a study by Drexel University says that's a huge mistake.

I mean, I've done this for 43 years.

reporter: As an animation² created by Drexel shows, water splatters up to 2.3 feet from the spigot, and those droplets³ carry with them bacteria like salmonella.

There are about a million salmonella illnesses and about 378 deaths from salmonella per year.

reporter: The number one protection, say experts, make sure chicken is thoroughly⁴ cooked, and tonight a warning from the government that changes to the poultry⁵ inspection⁶ process could put food safety in jeopardy⁷. Currently up to four USDA inspectors⁹ monitor 140 chickens a minute, but under an industry-supported proposal there would be only one government inspector⁸ , and the line speed could increase up to 175 birds a minute. Already the USDA has been testing these changes, but in a report released today the GAO writes faster line speeds raise concerns about food safety .

I think that they are putting speed over safety.

reporter: The USDA says the new inspection system will reduce the risk of foodborne illness. No washing, new advice that may be hard to swallow in countless¹⁰ American kitchens. Kerry Sanders, NBC News, FT. Lauderdale.

1 rinsing   

n.清水，残渣v.漂洗( rinse的现在分词 )；冲洗；用清水漂洗掉（肥皂泡等）；（用清水）冲掉

参考例句：

• Pablo made a swishing noise rinsing wine in his mouth. 巴勃罗用酒漱着口，发出咕噜噜噜的声音。 来自辞典例句
• The absorption of many molecular layers could be reestablished by rinsing the foils with tap water. 多分子层的吸附作用可用自来水淋洗金属箔而重新实现。 来自辞典例句

2 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

3 droplets   

n.小滴( droplet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Droplets of sweat were welling up on his forehead. 他额头上冒出了滴滴汗珠。 来自辞典例句
• In constrast, exhaled smoke contains relatively large water droplets and appears white. 相反，从人嘴里呼出的烟则包含相当大的水滴，所以呈白色。 来自辞典例句

4 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

5 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

6 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

7 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

8 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

9 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。