[Flaming Conservative]

I do wish pasteurized eggs were available, though. I read a lot of recipes, and apparently in the U.K., the eggs can be kept on the counter, because they’re pasteurized. But I hear people who have chickens often keep theirs out, too. Every time I buy farm eggs, they have poop all over tgem. But then I read, don’t wash them, or you’ll wash off the natural protective coating. In other wirds, who knows?

[skr]

There are pasteurized eggs, both in liquid form and in the shell.

Europe apparently vaccinates their chickens against salmonellosis.

I’ve read that you can pasteurize eggs in the microwave, but I think I’ll skip that.

[daniel1212]

and apparently in the U.K., the eggs can be kept on the counter, because they’re pasteurized.

Not the majority, but "Since the late 1990’s, British farmers have been vaccinating hens against salmonella following a crisis that sickened thousands of people who had consumed infected eggs. Amazingly, this measure has virtually wiped out the health threat in Britain. In 1997, there were 14,771 reported cases of salmonella poisoning there, by 2009 this had dropped to just 581 cases."

. Other differences also: see https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/

[waterhill]

You buy eggs with poop on them?! Chicken eggs should be washed and dried before sale. You have some weird chicken farmers.

[frog in a pot]

Every time I buy farm eggs, they have poop all over them. But then I read, don’t wash them, or you’ll wash off the natural protective coating. In other words, who knows?

Well, silly, that natural protection wasn't designed for your protection, it was designed for the eggs protection: to keep humans from eating them. (/snort, now on with the rest of my day.)

[Calvin Locke]

I've read that the vaccine for chicken e.coli is ~$0.05 per chicken.

The UK, probably EU, requires it, iirc.