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One correction, enviromentally salmonella is just as common in the EU as the US. Chickens in the US are not immunized for salmonella like they are everywhere el
by tastyfreeze 6y ago
One correction, enviromentally salmonella is just as common in the EU as the US. Chickens in the US are not immunized for salmonella like they are everywhere else that regulates the egg industry. Foreign chicken immunization requirements and US egg washing requirements started around the same time in response to salmonella outbreaks. Both are effective mitigations. However, immunizing and not washing has an added benefit of incentivizing producers to keep eggs clean.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoThat's what I mean, European chickens don't have salmonella because they're vaccinated. Not washing the eggs has the additional advantage that they don't need to be refrigerated.
- tastyfreeze 6y agoI agree. I would like to see the USDA add vaccination as an allowed salmonella mitigation. Then farmers would at least have a choice.