Poop has bacteria in it. Chickens walk in their poop. Chickens also walk on their eggs. Therefore, e

[momgoose]

Anyone know what commercial egg producers use to wash their eggs with? I have been using soap and water and rinsing to remove debris or invisible contaminants just before I use the eggs. I heard that rinsing them in grapeseed extract helps remove additional debris and bacteria but haven't done it. Anyone else know?
The bloom protects the contents of the egg from contamination/infection but doesn't keep chicken feet and therefore chicken poop off the surface of the egg. Chicken poop, like most other animal poop contains bacteria. Usually the bacteria is a resident bacteria that is not harmful to the chicken, but I imagine that like turtles, sloths, and many other animals, chickens harbor intestinal bacteria that THEIR physiology has a truce with. My body doesn't like Salmonilla or E. Coli etc. so I like to minimize my risk by washing my eggs before I crack that shell!
As my grandmother put it "If that egg came out of you, would you wash it before you ate it?" LOL! THAT convinced me!
Terri

 

[HappyRoo]

Once the eggs enter the egg processing center, within minutes to 12 to 14 hours post-lay, they are washed (detergent solution near 100o F, pH 11.0 that removes soil), visual inspected (checked for eggshell problems, cracks, and blood spots), and then graded .


" WARM SOAPY WATER" / Trace of Bleech?

 

[moomoodiddy]

if uou clean them 2 hard you remove a special layer on the shell that protects the inside from bacteria what i do is wipe off eggs with a warm paper towel and only scrub if its really dirty or you can then scrub them before you use them