> in the US eggs are washed so thoroughly they have to be kept in the fridge afterwards to keep them good. Chicken has to be chlorinated in the US. As I unders

> in the US eggs are washed so thoroughly they have to be kept in the fridge afterwards to keep them good. Chicken has to be chlorinated in the US. As I understand, these are because standards are comparatively worse elsewhere in the chain. (Wikipedia confirms that this is the position of the EU, but cites no sources, so the editor and I might just have heard the same rumours.)