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1. In the US: it IS necessary to refrigerate eggs-unlike Europe... PLEASE NOTE!! Important
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 09:40 AM
Feb 2012

Buying and storing eggs is different through-out the world.
http://startcooking.com/blog/42/
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Focus_On_Shell_Eggs/index.asp

Briefly “In the USA, government standards say all eggs must be washed and stored at temperatures no higher than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Washing the eggs is a good thing but it does leave the eggs without an outer coating and very susceptible to invasion by bacteria. Hence refrigeration of washed eggs is absolutely necessary." Unwashed eggs do not need to be refrigerated, which is why they are not, in Europe and elsewhere. Keeping eggs out in the US, is asking for disaster.

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