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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Yeah, and in the 1850’s, people used to get “summer complaint”, a sickness that killed approximately 1 in 5 children under the age of 4
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Food handling procedures and sterilization of preparation surfaces and processing tools have advanced considerably since then; people still hang meat, including poultry, today, and it's not dangerous as long as proper precautions are taken when doing it and handling the bird.
If the meat isn't contaminated already, it's not going to go bad in a week inside your refrigerator when it's all wrapped up on plastic and not exposed to air. "Best before" doesn't mean the food collapses into a pile of slime at midnight on the day printed on the package; keep your fridge as cool as possible, ensure your meat is fresh when you purchase it, cook your food thoroughly, and you are unlikely to die puking.