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An issue if allergy or selling. FDA says no rubber stamps (of the pourous rubber kind) or applicator that can’t be sterilized, so potential issue if selling.

Exactly. Rubber stamps are just that: rubber and are the most often found kind of stamps. Silicone is a very common material used in food service and production and is not an allergen. However, I haven’t yet seen an appropriate egg stamp for sale. But, can’t say I’ve extensively researched...

So, in my search for a gift for a chicken keeping friend, I've been looking into stamps, cartons, stickers (for the cartons) - various options. I've not settled on anything yet. With regards to the stamp, I would always look to a food safe ink (even before researching this), so have been...

So I found an interesting link on the website: Authentic Heirlooms. The article is titled "Why we don't sell Egg Stamps". It is a good, but brief overview on stamps, selling eggs, FDA regs, why rubber stamps are actually very bad to use directly on eggs, and a few other things. At the bottom...

True, but our eggs are brown and green primarily (1 white layer), so I think she would strongly suspect backyard birds!

On a side note, my spouse and I have laughingly discussed getting a stamp for our eggs if my mom ever comes to visit (older and lives far away and does not like traveling alone). She first wondered *why* we got chickens then stated if she ever visited she would have to buy her own eggs...

Well, who wrote the article and from what perspective? It could be a very uneducated (with regards to foods and inks) person that is spouting an idea, but not based on knowledge or facts. And if they are writing from an educated point of view, then why did they say they were bad? My guess...