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1. Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond ? 2. I don't buy "clean" eggs. They look fake. Eggs come out of a hen's butt, deal with it. But then again, I'm n

by Vlaix 14y ago

1. Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond ? 2. I don't buy "clean" eggs. They look fake. Eggs come out of a hen's butt, deal with it. But then again, I'm neither American nor British (but French).

jcoder 14y ago
I don't think they come out of its butt. [Edit] Fair enough, parent didn't say "anus" "intestine" "digestive tract" or anything more specific. And the "last mile" is a shared pathway. "Butt" works :-)
- Nursie 14y ago
  I'm no expert, but don't they just have one opening that does everything? So you could call it the butt...
  - wiredfool 14y ago
    It's a cloaca: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca Basically, it's a vent that everything comes out of. (and in, in the rooster -> hen case)
  - chimeracoder 14y ago
    > don't they just have one opening that does everything Yes, it's called a cloaca: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca
claudius 14y ago
If eggs were previously stored ‘up to a year’ (p. 2, § 3), then I wouldn’t be surprised if they were also shipped halfway across the world if there was a sufficient difference in price…
user24 14y ago
> Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond Complete conjecture, but I know we (Britain) had a food crisis after the war. We were on rationing for years after the end of the war. Maybe we imported eggs too.
DanBC 14y ago
Cloaca - the opening for everything a chicken needs. 1) People do weird things with food. Seriously, there's huge amounts of bush meat and all kinds of odd stuff found at borders every day.
DasIch 14y ago
> 1. Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond ? It doesn't matter whether anyone does but it does matter a lot that you could, if you wanted, considering the discussions on a free trade agreement between the US and the EU. It might sound ridiculous but regulatory differences like these are actually the only significant problem that prevents such an agreement, in fact these differences make such an agreement rather unlikely. Any other issues such as taxes are generally considered to be minor, easily solved and therefore practically irrelevant.
- rsynnott 14y ago
  > in fact these differences make such an agreement rather unlikely These are manageable. Some EU countries have derogations on local practices which would be illegal under food safety law; those goods obviously cannot be imported into other EU countries. In practice, this doesn't present a major barrier to generally free trade. After all, even within the US, there are goods which are legal in some states but not others.
PeterisP 14y ago
Why not? Even milk is often shipped (powdered and then reconstituted) across oceans to gain a bit of price-reduction.
- Vlaix 14y ago
  Well, eggs are easily produced everywhere. Shipping it across the world seams hardly cost-efficient and wouldn't do much for better and fresher eggs (especially considering the cost of air-shipping versus sea-shipping).

by Vlaix 14y ago

jcoder 14y ago

I don't think they come out of its butt. [Edit] Fair enough, parent didn't say "anus" "intestine" "digestive tract" or anything more specific. And the "last mile" is a shared pathway. "Butt" works :-)

Nursie 14y ago
I'm no expert, but don't they just have one opening that does everything? So you could call it the butt...
- wiredfool 14y ago
  It's a cloaca: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca Basically, it's a vent that everything comes out of. (and in, in the rooster -> hen case)
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > don't they just have one opening that does everything Yes, it's called a cloaca: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca

claudius 14y ago

If eggs were previously stored ‘up to a year’ (p. 2, § 3), then I wouldn’t be surprised if they were also shipped halfway across the world if there was a sufficient difference in price…

user24 14y ago

> Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond Complete conjecture, but I know we (Britain) had a food crisis after the war. We were on rationing for years after the end of the war. Maybe we imported eggs too.

DanBC 14y ago

Cloaca - the opening for everything a chicken needs. 1) People do weird things with food. Seriously, there's huge amounts of bush meat and all kinds of odd stuff found at borders every day.

DasIch 14y ago

> 1. Why would anyone ship eggs across the pond ? It doesn't matter whether anyone does but it does matter a lot that you could, if you wanted, considering the discussions on a free trade agreement between the US and the EU. It might sound ridiculous but regulatory differences like these are actually the only significant problem that prevents such an agreement, in fact these differences make such an agreement rather unlikely. Any other issues such as taxes are generally considered to be minor, easily solved and therefore practically irrelevant.

rsynnott 14y ago
> in fact these differences make such an agreement rather unlikely These are manageable. Some EU countries have derogations on local practices which would be illegal under food safety law; those goods obviously cannot be imported into other EU countries. In practice, this doesn't present a major barrier to generally free trade. After all, even within the US, there are goods which are legal in some states but not others.

PeterisP 14y ago

Why not? Even milk is often shipped (powdered and then reconstituted) across oceans to gain a bit of price-reduction.

Vlaix 14y ago
Well, eggs are easily produced everywhere. Shipping it across the world seams hardly cost-efficient and wouldn't do much for better and fresher eggs (especially considering the cost of air-shipping versus sea-shipping).