So I just packed another little box of eggs to give away. I almost washed them because of the conversation that happened last time I posted about it.
I don't sell eggs, so I am not bound by any regulation to wash eggs.
I did a little research before washing them, and I'm glad I did. I'm copying and pasting part of an article from food safety news. Here is the link to the page:
www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/06/salmonella-risk-in-backyard-chicken-eggs/
I think I'm going to stick with my current practice of putting eggs in their ceramic egg holder that is inside a closed egg bin in my refrigerator. We wash all our eggs just before we crack them.
My girls don't poop in their nest boxes, their coop is scooped every day and the bedding is nearly always fresh looking inside the coop before they lay each day, so I'm hoping we won't have a problem because I don't wash them right after they are laid. I get eggs that look perfectly clean from my nest boxes. Yes, I understand that microscopic stuff may exist, and that is why we wash them prior to use.
Eggs I give away are being given away in clean plastic containers and I tell the recipient these are not washed, so please wash them before cracking them. My little tag also explains they are not washed, the bloom is still on and they should be washed before using.
I do still wonder why 2 of the ones who were laying from late summer on, stopped laying completely
Sad.
