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Can salmonella grow on cooked chicken and create a bad smell?
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Salmonella: Salmonella typically speads from feco oral route and basically related to poor hand hygiene.
Answered 7/15/2016
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Salmonella: Salmonella does not usually affect the taste or smell of food to include chicken. Ref: https://now.tufts.edu/articles/food-bacteria-smell-taste-bad-illness. But yes, Salmonella can grow on chicken.
Answered 10/26/2018
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