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Think about it this way: a household of 4 might use a dozen eggs per day. At 1:20000, that's 4.5 years between seeing contaminated eggs. If the sanitary procedu
by dsr_ 5y ago
Think about it this way: a household of 4 might use a dozen eggs per day. At 1:20000, that's 4.5 years between seeing contaminated eggs. If the sanitary procedures reduce risk by 80%, they have a problem every 22 years or so.
A moderately busy restaurant can use a thousand eggs per day. If their procedures are only 95% effective, they have a problem almost every year.
300 outbreaks in 15 years suggests that restaurants have egg handling procedures that are better than 95% effective.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago> a household of 4 might use a dozen eggs per day That's a lot!!! Even when I was raising chickens, we didn't get anywhere near those numbers: I gave away eggs like crazy. Maybe it's a societal thing? Certain cultures use eggs a lot more than others?
- schwartzworld 5y agoEggs are a pretty common breakfast item, and they are also used in many dishes. A dozen is on the high side, but if your whole family likes eggs for breakfast or you like to bake, I could see it.
- dsr_ 5y agoI was giving a purposefully high estimate on the household side, and an easily exceeded estimate on the restaurant side -- a Denny's or Waffle House is probably higher, a McDonald's is probably much lower. That said, waffles and scrambled eggs are not an impossible breakfast, and if you also make bread and ice cream that day, two dozen is plausible. But that's unlikely to happen every day.