Does chicken have an odor ?

[mainebrokerman]

love the smell of burger coming thru the grinder...

while we are on the subject of smells, and seeing how stores get slammed pretty hard for different practices..
I can tell you right now- the beef pork and chicken that are cut up in stores ,,,are ten times more sanitary than it was 30 yrs ago-
years ago, very few stores or butcher shops had any haccp program (sanitation procedures) they all do now..

the worst conditions I've ever seen was from local farmers,,,someone would order a half critter, many(farmers) would call me to help them cut it up-they wanted to do it in their barn- I refused to do many because it wasn't sanitary,,,
but the farmers that don't take the cows to professionals and cut it up themselves-beware..not only do many hack them up, but if they cut them up in a barn...not smart e-coli is everywhere.

I've been to huge packing plants out west,,,some of the largest in the country,,and the sanitation was excellent- inspectors every 4 feet on all the lines, the animals were stunned-killed humanely

not all packing plants are like this-

at a local slaughterhouse I worked,,,they pushed the grass fed beef,,,they would shoot the critters- tough to watch


if stores had the same sanitation practices today as they did 30 yrs ago,,the state inspectors would shut them down..
it's to the stores benefit to be as clean as possible..
I also worked at restaurants,,, could tell some horror stories,,,but again, its in their best interest to have a clean facility with a haccp program in place.

anyone buying butchered beef, pork or chickens "locally" go see for yourself where it is processed, (if you've never seen it)

[jlawrence01]

Maine -

In the Midwest, all of a sudden, everything is Amish produced. I don't really understand how someone's religion affects the meat that they produce but, oh well, it is another classic marketing ploy.

I have been on some of the Amish operations as we used to sell a lot of bull calves and a lot of hay. Some of them do an OK job and I would buy their product. On a number of them, I wouldn't touch their product with a 10 foot pole. Some run a pretty sanitary product and get it under refrigeration quickly, others do not.

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I have been in a lot of slaughterhouses and meat packing houses. Fortunately, none of them resemble anything that I have seen on You Tube or any other website.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

Maine -

In the Midwest, all of a sudden, everything is Amish produced. I don't really understand how someone's religion affects the meat that they produce but, oh well, it is another classic marketing ploy.

I have been on some of the Amish operations as we used to sell a lot of bull calves and a lot of hay. Some of them do an OK job and I would buy their product. On a number of them, I wouldn't touch their product with a 10 foot pole. Some run a pretty sanitary product and get it under refrigeration quickly, others do not.

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I have been in a lot of slaughterhouses and meat packing houses. Fortunately, none of them resemble anything that I have seen on You Tube or any other website.

I agree

I get a little defensive at some topics, because I get the questions from the public, and when the media hypes all it can to bash all things meat,,,it does affect the business...
pink slime is a good example
if what you heard on tv was true- pink slime is/was in all the burger-no matter who sold it
which is not true at all- most of the stores I buy from.... use 100% beef trimmings..... from primals,,
they made no distinction that walmart-and many chain stores sold it ,,,and many stores did not

so the stores that never had the pink slime in the first place-suffered right along with the stores that had it since 1974
because of misleading , hyped up info,
and it seems everyone wants to shyt on the meat business


that's interesting about the Amish-

[Hunter Wold]

If the fowl has a Foul odor....take it back; and call foul on the fowl that they sold.

Very fresh chicken can/will have a "chicken" odor if you know what that is...otherwise
Foul...

HW

[escapenc]

Chicken should not have a bad odor. Do not eat it if it does. Not worth the chance of getting sick.

[mainebrokerman]

chicken will have a rotten egg smell if its spoiled,,,,, when in doubt, throw it out

[elementswhiteplains]

I know chicken has smell cooked or not cooked. Smells like a real chick. I had this grilled chicken and ate it with my hands and the smell lingers there. Even after washing the hands, it won't go off.