Again folks, I hate to sound like a broken record, but if you are going to wash eggs it's important to wash them in water at least 20 degrees warmer than the egg itself.
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I think, but may be mistaken, that the USDA guidelines are more geared to commercial producers. My egg customers know that I don't wash the eggs and they know why. It doesn't matter to the majority of them because they've been eating farm fresh eggs their whole lives and have never...
I keep my nestboxs very clean, so dirty eggs are a rarity to start with. If I do occasionally get a very dirty egg, it's fed to the dogs. Those with slight blemishes or dirt are stored unwashed, so as not to remove the bloom. The bloom keeps dirt and bacteria out and eggs with the bloom...