Eating eggs (Humans)

[patandchickens]

Regular eggs in shells are NOT.

Egg products in cartons ARE. (e.t.a. like little milk carton type cartons, I mean, not egg cartons

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Pat

 

[redhen]

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ooh dang, now i'm confused again!....

 

[Val3rie]

I think there are two schools of thought going on....
one saying yes... and another saying no
I'm going to read all the egg cartons the next time I go to the grocery store!

 

[tim_TX]

Actually, there is a relatively new technique for pasteurizing eggs. It involves very precise temperature and timing so as to kill "most" bacteria but not actually cook the egg. Nevertheless, what were the hens that produced those eggs fed? What sort of environment were they raised in? These are the questions that really matter. Don't be angry. This is a game we can win, and win resoundingly. Just have your information ready, and by all means be accurate.

Here is a link with information regarding the process.

http://www.sysco.com/products/productpage.asp?prodID=333&ctID=49&ptID=1

 

[Imp]

FYI- Some states forbid using fresh eggs in shells for recipes like scrambled where eggs are mixed together, in the healthcare industry. Don't want one egg with salmonella contaminating a pan for 100 people. (just in case it wasn't cooked thoroughly) It's a safety thing to protect patients who may be immune compromised, elderly, babies, AIDS, HIV, Lupus etc.
Imp-healthily

 

[brooster]

the people who wont eat your eggs will never survive when we go into the depression ahead of us.

 

[ChicksR4Me]

I have accumulated tons of egg cartons from people where I work. They have been saving them for me when I first got my babies that are now about 6-7 months old. I have looked on the cartons and it does not say anywhere on the carton that the eggs have been pasterized but it does say

"Safe Handling Instructions: to prevent illness from bacteria: keep eggs refrigerated, cook eggs until yolks are firm, and cook foods containing eggs thoroughly."

If they had been pasterized I don't think they would have this warning label.

 

[happyhen]

Pasteurized eggs mean that they have either been irradiated to kill pathogens but not viruses, or they have been dipped in boiling water or subjected to steam for 10 to 15 seconds, again to kill "germs".

Either way does not produce enough heat to effect the quality of the egg.

 

[tim_TX]

Not all eggs sold in stores are pasteurized, thus only some cartons make the claim. Just wait though, the politicians and lobbyists will get together soon to drive out more small producers and exercise more undue control over every aspect of our lives by requiring all eggs be pasteurized. Just look what happens if you try to sell raw milk.

 

[ginbart]

Well anyway, I had a lady buy my eggs and found a fertile one. She said she didn't want any fertile eggs could I please separate the fertile and non-fertile ones. I told her it's a good thing she wasn't fertile. i didn't sell here anymore eggs.