It’s not just that they’re vaccinated. Afaik, EU food regulations let them keep the cuticle on the egg for sale, which significantly increases shelf life. The US makes egg producers douse all eggs in a chemical mixture for sterilization, which destroys the cuticle, and makes the shell itself more porous to pathogens. Thus, US-produced eggs MUST be refrigerated, and are generally unsafe to eat if left out too long.

It’d be nice if we could just adopt the EU’s regulations in that area (and really, for all foods, because it’d probably make a ton of our stuff WAY healthier), but that’s probably never gonna happen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's... what I said?

US eggs are washed and chlorined since the hens are not vaccinated, and once you wash them you need to refrigerate them.