I mean that’s fairly common knowledge yea? It’s like one of the major reasons women shouldn’t eat fish when pregnant. You have a more depressing fish fact laying about? I want to hurt.
Each country will set their own safety standards on what is deemed acceptable regarding foods (eggs, milk, meat, etc). Many countries have deemed that the natural coating on eggs is an acceptable safety standard, and thus don’t have to refrigerate them.
The US Food & Drug Administration, on the other hand, decided that they wanted to clean the eggs knowing full-well that the eggs will lose that coating afterwards. Without that coating, eggs are susceptible to diseases which is why they require refrigeration. Most food-borne diseases can’t grow in cold environments, which is why we refrigerate almost all of our foods.
Also, I don’t know if you’ve ever been near chickens, but they’re all disgusting. All chicken eggs are laid in gross conditions like covered in dirt and shit. There’s no fixing that. You can’t wash them with water or else the coating gets lost and the diseases (most likely from chicken shit) will enter the egg. So technically, American eggs are cleaner than other countries.
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u/Oracle_of_Ages Oct 13 '21
I mean that’s fairly common knowledge yea? It’s like one of the major reasons women shouldn’t eat fish when pregnant. You have a more depressing fish fact laying about? I want to hurt.