• @HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    62 days ago

    Eggs are hermetically sealed. As long as they aren’t covered in bird shit when you handle them, pasteurization is not needed.

    • @Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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      132 days ago

      *unless you are American and your retail eggs must be washed legally, thereby having their protective coating removed.

    • @ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      I would at least rinse off the egg shell before cracking, personally, and when I make raw cookie dough to serve to others, I make sure I follow all food handling best practices since I’d be horrified to give someone food poisoning, as unlikely as it may be.

      There’s also this:

      While most bacteria including Salmonella are found on the shell itself, Salmonella can sometimes get inside an egg or it can already be inside an egg when it is laid.

      https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/meat-poultry-fish-seafood-safety/eggs.html

    • Cethin
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      12 days ago

      They come out of the chicken with a coating that protects it, but the shell itself is not good enough. If the egg has been washed (which, if you’re in the US and not raising the chickens yourself, they have been) then it’s not totally safe. It’s really stupid that we do this, but we do.