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helsinkiandrew ◴[] No.43112744[source]
> Family-sized egg operations create resiliency

This would probably create resiliency for egg supply, but given that a source of bird flu is wild birds and transfer to and from humans would increase mutations wouldn't it likely increase probability of more bird flu and more human cases?

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rscho ◴[] No.43112770[source]
It would likely much increase salmonella infections. Which currently appears as a far nastier problem.
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Cthulhu_ ◴[] No.43112796[source]
How's that? I know American eggs get cleaned and bleached, but that doesn't happen in Europe yet salmonella is not a huge issue.

(cleaning eggs also removes some of its natural barriers, making it mandatory to refrigerate them to keep them edible)

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thaawyy33432434 ◴[] No.43114985[source]
lack of bleaching force owners to keep high standard (hygiene and vaccinations)

If you wash your eggs before using them, you will never get salmonella.

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1. 9dev ◴[] No.43116007[source]
But you will get rotten eggs easily.

In thirty years in Europe, I’ve had a single incidence of salmonella infection when I handled egg shells badly while doing a Carbonara (which requires raw eggs to be spread right over the plate). This really, really isn’t a problem if you follow minimal hygiene when cooking (don’t touch food after touching shells without washing your hands in between.