A new study has claimed that washing raw chicken before cooking increases the risk of food poisoning.

It was further stated that approximately three-quarters of consumers who purchase whole chickens and wash them, and also it has potentially spreading bacteria and has work surfaces for up to a 3ft radius.

The figures that come is offered by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), claims that 65 per cent of raw shop-bought chicken  as been determined with campylobacter, and supposedly identified with cases of food poisoning in the UK, the symptoms  that are diagnosed with diarrhoea and stomach cramps.

However it has been stated cooking chicken at an optimum temperature will eliminate the microbes, and is essential for more than 300,000 cases of food poisoning and was responsible for 15,000 hospitalizations in year England and Wales.

The study revealed in 56 per cent of people, salmonella was the reason of food poisoning, and a mere 2 per cent naming campylobacter.

It was through the Scotsman quoted an FSA representative who stated: "Tap water won"t get rid of the germs that cause food poisoning. By washing your raw bird, you"re actually more likely to, spread the germs around the kitchen."