OK, I'm feeling a little bit stupid about this. I'm talking about eggs.

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16. If she washes them, they need to be refrigerated

“In the US, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires that eggs destined for supermarket shelves — called graded eggs — are washed and sprayed with a chemical sanitiser before they are sold to the public to reduce the risk of salmonella infection.”

“In the UK, Grade A hen eggs may not be washed because the process is thought to "aid the transfer of harmful bacteria like salmonella from the outside to the inside of the egg," according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Forbes contributor Nadia Arumugam has previously noted that USDA graded eggs could not be legally sold in the UK (and the other way around) because of these different preparation methods.” https://www.businessinsider.com/why-europeans-dont-refrigerate-eggs-2014-12?op=1