Comment by rscho

Comment by rscho 2 days ago

3 replies

Industrial eggs are tightly controlled. Homemade eggs are far more susceptible to infection. AFAIK, scrubbing eggs like in the US is generally a bad idea, and results in the need to refrigerate them.

JumpCrisscross 2 days ago

> Homemade eggs are far more susceptible to infection

Source? I buy small-farm eggs all the time. The industrial ones need sanitisation because of the literally shit condition the birds are kept in.

jagged-chisel 2 days ago

This doesn’t explain the lack of salmonella from eggs in Europe

  • rscho 2 days ago

    Huh ? Yes, it does. Same reason as in the US: industrial eggs are tightly controlled.