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This is Food Safety in a Minute, I’m Susie Craig.
If you have a backyard poultry coop, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has guidelines for the eggs you collect.
- Collect eggs often so they don’t break or sit in the nest and become dirty.
- Throw away all cracked eggs. Pathogens can enter through the cracks.
- Avoid washing “warm” eggs with cold water. Rinsing in cold can pull disease-causing bacteria into the egg.
- Immediately refrigerate to maintain quality and slow growth of pathogens. Eggshells may be contaminated, however there is a type of Salmonella which may be present in the yolk. Storage temperatures above 40 degrees F allow these bacteria to multiply.
- Cook eggs until firm with an internal temperature of 160 degrees F or higher.
From Washington State University Extension, this is Food Safety in a Minute.
Resources
Outbreaks of Salmonella Infections Linked to Backyard Poultry – Final Report. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. 12/17/20.
How to Stay Healthy Around Backyard Poultry. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1/5/21.