American reacts to Why US Produced Eggs Are Banned Across Europe & UK

Ryan - "well one of us must be wrong!" Rest of World - "Yes, it's America again"

Believe me.. I would rather have chicken shit on my egg shells, than random American chemicals

I'm Irish and I buy organic free range eggs. Our eggs are different shades of brown and speckled. I find feathers on the eggs occasionally. They come in small, medium, large and extra large sizes. The eggs are sold in 6, 12 and 24 depending on the size.I would rather buy 6 extra large eggs for breakfast and medium sized for baking. The egg cartons are not sealed because you need to check for damaged eggs. The American white eggs look unnatural.

The issue with washing them is that 1) is risky, you could contaminate the egg if done improperly. 2) it damages the natural protection of the egg, so you have to refrigerate them. And that also adds a risk, because if the refrigeration chain is broken in transit the moisture from condensation on the eggshell can lead to contamination. So you could do all of that, or just not wash them and trust that the eggshell will do its job. It's cheaper and safer. Most of the world doesn't wash the eggs and there's no issue.

European eggs are brushed off when they are packed so their is no dirt or poop on them bit the shell stays protective. Also in europe it is fine to eat raw eggs or make custards creams with raw eggs since we don't really have salmonella. Another big difference: Those "egg farms" where chicken are in tiny cages have been illegal for years now because it's animal cruelty

The real reason why the US has different regulations, is just the lobbyism, because only big farms can afford the fashing process, and so small farms can't sell their eggs due to the fashing process being expensive.

european here: we are buying eggs directly from our neighbour who has chickens and quails, and they’re clean, last forever, dont have to be refrigerated and taste even better than the supermarket ones. if insane sanitazing of eggs would be necessary for save consumption, we humans wouldn’t be eating eggs for thousands of years 😅

Essentially the biggest difference is the US way introduces multiple different stages that run the risk of making the egg less safe. All those crazy steps just to cover up poor farming practices

When the US does something so differently to the rest of the world - not just Europe - you have to ask yourself why and question if you are really doing it correctly.

There is a study about salmonella, Type Ashley has made a great video about food in the US compared to the EU. The US has higher numbers. But there are more factors playing in this. You should watch her video! And that is why US citizens, who are abroad for a while and back again, make videos about how they lost weight elsewhere without changing their diets and feeling sick for weeks being back in the US.

I'm old and English so yes I know what BRB means. The UK and Europe have far stricter animal laws, to keep them clean and healthy. We dont pump them with as many chemicals and antibiotics because 1 we don't need to and 2 that is why we now have bacteria that is immune to antibiotics. It has been passed on through food.

UK banned battery hens in 2012, while most US eggs are produced in these awful and unhygienic conditions. Many people prefer to buy free range eggs, which do have a better flavour, as well as being more humane for the chickens. I have rarely found dirt on my eggs, even when buying direct from the farm. I've never had a bad egg either.

One other aspect they quickly mentioned here, but is the fact that allowing to wash eggs means farmers have an incentive to lower their farming standards, which could also lead to poorer quality of food and quality of life for the animal

9:10 Yes. We can. We did. And the results are overwhelming. The EU has a significantly smaller rate of salmonella. We also don't chlorinate our poultry and we can touch things after touching chicken meat.

Your eggs are being washed in a chlorine bath and by doing this you remove the natural protective layer, which prevents germs from entering the eggs. We don't wash them at all or just in some water, so you will always find feathers, chicken shit and dirt on the eggs, but not on all of them ofc. Like one or two dirty in a pack of 10. We don't have dozen packs. Half a dozen, yes. Anyway...we can keep them shelved, instead of in the fridge. They will stay fresh for two weeks or more.

Dunno about rest of Europe, but by holding the farms themselves to higher sanitation standards, Finland has almost completely eliminated salmonella. You can eat a raw egg here and it's no more dangerous than eating a banana. Virtually every case of salmonella is borught in my travellers, who sometimes don't realize sanitation standards abroad aren't up to par.

I was asking an eggproducer ln Finland about storing eggs. He told me that the best before date is one of EU ideas. If we keep the eggs room temperature you can keep them up to THREE months. But in the fridge they do not last that long. I am 73 years old and I never heard about salmonella.and t also eat raw eggs. The butter is on my kitchen table 24/7 during warm and cold season. One reason why our dairy products last so long is slmple no additives at all, pure milk 4% fat lasts for about 10 days inthe fridge and cream is fine for weeks. Nature is amazing we should not mess around.

Not to refrigerate the eggs until at the final place where they are used makes is less risky than needing them refrigerated all the time. The cooling chain can also be broken on the way to the supermarked or when moving them from containers, shelfing them etc. Once you refrigerate them, you risk condensation every time they are out of the cooling chain.

The more complicated you make a system the more chances you have for it to go wrong.😊

It's not only eggs Americans wash in chlorine but also chicken. Thus American chicken is also banned in Europe.