Salmonella scare affecting egg purchases??

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<p>So, while checking out at Costco today I couldn’t help but notice that the middle-aged gentleman behind me in line was inspecting my purchases with great interest as I loaded them onto the conveyer belt. </p>

<p>Was it the decadent chocolate covered almonds he was eying? the year’s supply of shredded cheese? </p>

<p>No, it was the shrink wrapped package of 3 dozen eggs.
Wasn’t I worried about Salmonella, he asked? Did I know if my eggs were in the lots recalled? Shouldn’t I check with the customer service desk before I bought them?</p>

<p>Now, I was a bit surprised that he shared his concern with me, a stranger. I didn’t find his comments rude or even annoying, I was mostly bemused.
I responded that I am a microbiologist who enjoys eggs, though I am careful to cook them thoroughly.<br>
My new friend seemed satisfied and proceeded to ask my cooking techniques for eggs, danger of E. coli O157:H7 in ground meat vs london broil, whether Giardia is prevalent in our streams…</p>

<p>Next time I might not reveal my occupation while Costco-ing on my day off!</p>

<p>Anyway, are CCer’s NOT buying eggs these days?</p>

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<p>I am still buying eggs, but I do have a slip with all the recalled numbers on them that I bring to the store to check. I am aware that I could purchase something before it is recalled, and that I should probably be worried, but for whatever reason I am not.</p>

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<p>Just buy Cal-Maine eggs. They aren’t affected. We like Eggland’s Best, one of their subsidiaries. It’s a premium egg though.</p>

<p>Apparently, our part of the country isn’t affected.</p>

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<p>We are not affected either. Even though I live in WI, most of the stores in our area gets their eggs from MN. I have also been trying to buy eggs at our local farmer’s market when I can. Eggs seem like a perfect thing to buy locally.</p>

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<p>Wilcox Farms eggs here. I cannot start my day without a nice scramble, omelet or a hard-boiled egg. I have friends in the food testing business and I minored in biochemistry, so I’m well aware of the dangerous bugs lurking in foods. Soap, hot water, and thorough cooking take care of most of them.</p>

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<p>I have made note of the lot numbers and which stores carry the tainted eggs. But I have been eating sunny side up eggs for over 50 years and am not about to stop.</p>

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<p>Trader Joe’s eggs came from Pennsylvania. The other grocery store I’ve bought eggs at had a sign assuring us that none of their eggs came from the problem suppliers. So I’m not worried. Like 3bm103, I like my yolks runny. Never had food poisoning.</p>

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<p>I buy pasteurized eggs. They cost more, but this way I can let one of my children lick the bowl after I’ve made cookies!</p>

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<p>I buy organic free range eggs, so not worried about this particular recall.</p>

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<p>I buy Eggland Cage Free eggs, I think they are ok, they had better be for the price!</p>

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<p>KING5 News reported: expect to pay more for your egg breakfast, wholesale egg prices are up 40%. :eek:</p>

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<p>So $3/dozen for large Eggland’s Best goes up to $4.20. That’s still less than 40 cents an egg. Still a good deal for breakfast. Once the source of the problem is located and fixed, I expect prices will come back down.</p>

<p>The chart of Cal-Maine is illustrative. Their stock price went up nine percent on the announcement. Then gave back all of the gains in a few days. I don’t think that anyone thinks that supply won’t be coming back online soon enough so that there aren’t major impacts to earnings.</p>

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<p>No worried here. I buy eggs which weren’t on the recall list. I did buy some pasteurized eggs the other day when I was in the mood for sunny side up, runny yolk eggs.</p>

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<p>Just bought some Phil’s cageless eggs. They are great! Very nice looking yolks.</p>

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<p>Regarding TJ’s eggs, this was in today’s paper–
“Pennsylvania has had a voluntary egg inspection program since the early 1990s. It was the first in the nation and served as the model for rules passed in July to cut down on salmonella outbreaks, said Nicole Bucher, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture.”</p>

<p>I buy my eggs at the farmers’ market and in addition to being delicious, they are lovely shades of brown and pale blue. They sold out early yesterday; the price was the same as always, $3 a dozen.</p>

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<p>It came from the feed:</p>

<p>[FDA</a> ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/news/FDA-ties-chicken-feed-to-rb-3066486144.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=]FDA”>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/FDA-ties-chicken-feed-to-rb-3066486144.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=)</p>

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<p>When can we go back to eating raw cookie dough?</p>

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<p>sucks guys.
i’m in one of the states that didn’t get the recall; i can eat all the raw cookie dough i want … well, for now.</p>

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<p>If you buy pasteurized eggs, you can make your own cookie dough and eat it raw to your heart’s content…</p>

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<p>I was pretty appalled to think that Safeway in California is buying their eggs from the Midwest. Talk about not being “green”! The energy wasted getting those eggs out here is huge. I bought some at Costco today which indicated they were distributed by a central valley company----they are called CAL-something eggs…I am hoping that means they did not rack up that many frequent flier miles!
I do admit…I live on the wild side and have a sample of raw cookie dough whenever I am baking. Just a risk taker I guess!</p>