why is red meat able to be served medium rare, eggs can be medium (soft boiled), but chicken can’t be medium rare

Question

Why is red meat able to be served medium rare, eggs (which also come from chickens), can be undercooked, but chicken can’t be?

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Answer 1

It can be in places like Japan where salmonella is rigorously checked for and the spread is managed. In the US, for example, only one out of every 22,000 carcasses need to be inspected. So you have risk of salmonella here, but you can absolutely eat raw or seared chicken in Japan and some other places