Photo taken yesterday (2025-02-08) at a supermarket in Kyoto, Japan.
Alt text: A picture of the eggs section in a Japanese supermarket. There’s a 10-pack of eggs going for 215 Japanese Yen, which is about 1.42 US dollars.
Photo taken yesterday (2025-02-08) at a supermarket in Kyoto, Japan.
Alt text: A picture of the eggs section in a Japanese supermarket. There’s a 10-pack of eggs going for 215 Japanese Yen, which is about 1.42 US dollars.
Americans are really, REALLY paranoid
No - the US and Europe developed two different methods for handling salmonella.
Starting in the 1970s, the US chose to wash the eggs. The upside is that it eliminates virtually all risk. The downside is that it requires refrigeration throughout the entire supply line, but since they are refrigerated, US eggs last a lot longer; unrefrigerated eggs last about three weeks while refrigerated eggs last about 50 days.
Large portions of Europe didn’t have the infrastructure to support this so the regulators instead chose to vaccinate the chickens. The upside is that no extra steps are required and no extra equipment like refrigerated trucks. The downside is that they don’t last as long.
Both methods work about equally well and are both considered acceptable.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/11/336330502/why-the-u-s-chills-its-eggs-and-most-of-the-world-doesnt
https://tellus.ars.usda.gov/stories/articles/how-we-store-our-eggs-and-why
About all the wrong things
My eggs better not be dirty! My eggs are too expensive! I need to buy GUNS! …He may be a felon but at least he’s not a brown woman.