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How to tell if chicken meat is fresh

2023-04-26 14:19:02Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
How to tell if chicken meat is fresh
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Chicken meat is just as used in various cooking recipes as red meat. However, unlike other meats, it spoils more easily.

If you consume chicken meat that has started to spoil or has spoiled, dangerous bacteria for our organism attack the cells of the body and the consequences are often serious.

AgroWeb.org advises you to be careful when buying chicken meat.

Be mindful of color, smell, and mold, as well as how it's packaged.

Pay attention to the color
Fresh chicken meat has a light pink color. When it starts to break down, this color starts to fade, until it turns gray.

If it's been a few days since you bought the chicken and it's starting to lose its characteristic color, it's best to cook it before it spoils. But if it's more gracious, then it's too late.

If you fail to understand the color change, the moment you cook it, you will notice that the chicken will turn white much later than usual.

When something like this happens, it is better not to consume it.

Keep it smelling
Raw chicken meat has a strong characteristic smell.

Some describe it as a bitter smell, or associate it with the smell of ammonia.

If the meat after you take it out of the freezer emits this kind of strong aroma, it is better not to use it.

The chicken may start to give off its aroma when it is cooked, so we advise that if the aroma is not what you are used to when you cook it, do not consume it.

Meat firmness
This test is a bit more difficult than the other two, as chicken meat in its normal state is a bit softer and sticky to the touch.

But the easiest way AgroWeb.org suggests is to rinse the chicken, and if it's still sticky when you touch it, then it's most likely spoiled.

Packaging
If you buy it packaged, the first step is to check the sell-by date. Typically, chicken meat when packaged fresh and placed in the freezer can last up to nine months. But the problem is that the freezing stage from the packaging to the markets and then to the refrigerators of our homes, there are many disconnections.

Frequent freezing and thawing of chicken greatly affects its freshness. Another factor that affects the acceleration of the deterioration of chicken meat after it is frozen, is contact with air.

A package of chicken which has started to form layers of ice in its interior, and the meat has lost its pink color, has started to spoil. AgroWeb.org advises that when freezing fresh chicken meat, use freezer bags that are airtight, or place them in small airtight bowls.

In the refrigerator, raw chicken should be used within two or three days, while if it is cooked it can stay up to four days.

In the freezer, cooked chicken can stay up to four months, while raw meat can stay for a year./agroweb


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