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Britain ≠ Europe. In Denmark most supermarkets refrigerate eggs and some don't.

blencdr 12y ago
In France eggs are not refrigerated. Also the refrigeration can cause condensation, and water outside of the egg can cause the infection.
lechevalierd3on 12y ago
Not refrigerated in France either.
mahouse 12y ago
In Spain, supermarkets never refrigerate eggs, but they are refrigerated when they are bought by customers.
- narag 12y ago
  Some customers.
jonah 12y ago
Not refrigerated in many parts of Mexico and Latin America either.
woutersf 12y ago
Belgium also no refrigeration...
enesunal 12y ago
In Turkey, there is no refrigeration either.
Svip 12y ago
I do often see the notion that 'UK is Europe', particularly by American media; and that if something is true in the UK, it's probably true in the rest of Europe, so they often don't bother checking. Because, sure, we all drive on the left.
- jiggy2011 12y ago
  Most of europe drives on the right, or was that the joke?
  - zidar 12y ago
    Yes, that was a joke. We make fun of UK for driving on the wrong side too sometimes.
  - Svip 12y ago
    That was the joke. It's unfortunately, not uncommon for stories to describe something Europeans do (when they really mean Britons), that I seldom can relate to, until I realise they are only using the UK as a sample. Although, I should point out, that sometimes it's other countries used as basis for what Europeans do (say France or Germany), when it might be exclusive to either two countries (or a subset of European countries, say Southern European). I also notice this in release dates for video games,[0] often a UK release date is published, when they really mean a European release date. (Although, to be fair to Canada, I often see US release dates, when they mean North American.) [0] The same pattern isn't necessarily true for music, film and book releases, because they don't have so wide releases as video games usually have.
  - michaelgrafl 12y ago
    That was irony, which is used often by Europeans.
savszymura 12y ago
But people still store them in the fridge after they get back home!
speakeron 12y ago
No refrigeration of eggs here in Switzerland.
IceDane 12y ago
I'm Danish. I've also worked in something like 5 different supermarkets and naturally shopped in many, many more. I have _never_ seen a supermarket that doesn't refrigerate them. Which supermarkets don't?
mrweasel 12y ago
Also Danish eggs aren't washed, they are however salmonella free.
- rmrfrmrf 12y ago
  How could you possibly know that
  - welly 12y ago
    He checks them. All of them.
  - zhte415 12y ago
    Your comment prompted me to ask DuckDuckGo that exact question, where I found a quite interesting report on the prevelance of salmonella in eggs: http://multimedia.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fsis5004report.pdf http://multimedia.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fsis5004report... Some take-aways: The overall UK finding was that 9 samples (0.34%) were contaminated with Salmonella , which is equivalent to approximately 1 in every 290 “boxes” of 6 eggs. Factors that might have influenced whether or not eggs were contaminated with Salmonella were also examined. However, where differences were found these tended to be small and much larger sample sizes would have been required to demonstrate a statistically significant difference. There was no statistically significant difference between the prevalence of Salmonella contamination in samples purchased in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland; or between the prevalence of Salmonella contamination in samples from different egg production types; or between non-Lion code eggs and Lion code eggs; or between eggs that were stored chilled or at ambient temperature. However, there was a statistically significant higher prevalence of Salmonella contamination of eggs from medium sized retailers* than large retail outlets. *independent/local shops
  - mrweasel 12y ago
    The Danish poultry farmers have been working extremely hard to eradicate salmonella. They do have some small insentive though. If you can prove that your countries chicks do not have salmonella, then the EU allows you to ban import chicks from countries that cannot make the same guarantees. This frees Danish poultry farmers from competing with German or eastern European farmers. The same laws applies to eggs, so throwing huge investments into figthing salmonella pays of in the long run. Food safety in Denmark, and the rest of Scandinavia is a huge deal, but it's expensive. http://sciencenordic.com/no-more-salmonella-danish-poultry http://sciencenordic.com/no-more-salmonella-danish-poultry How it's actually ensured: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/contaminated_chicken_illnesses.html http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/contamina...
igravious 12y ago
No refrigeration of eggs in stores in Ireland. When we get them home the leprechauns immediately steal them from the shopping bags so we have no idea whether we'd keep them in the fridge or not, pesky leprechauns.
kawsper 12y ago
Where have you seen non-refrigerated eggs in Denmark? I have never seen that.

In France eggs are not refrigerated. Also the refrigeration can cause condensation, and water outside of the egg can cause the infection.

lechevalierd3on 12y ago

Not refrigerated in France either.

mahouse 12y ago

In Spain, supermarkets never refrigerate eggs, but they are refrigerated when they are bought by customers.

narag 12y ago
Some customers.

jonah 12y ago

Not refrigerated in many parts of Mexico and Latin America either.

woutersf 12y ago

Belgium also no refrigeration...

enesunal 12y ago

In Turkey, there is no refrigeration either.

Svip 12y ago

I do often see the notion that 'UK is Europe', particularly by American media; and that if something is true in the UK, it's probably true in the rest of Europe, so they often don't bother checking. Because, sure, we all drive on the left.

jiggy2011 12y ago
Most of europe drives on the right, or was that the joke?
- zidar 12y ago
  Yes, that was a joke. We make fun of UK for driving on the wrong side too sometimes.
- Svip 12y ago
  That was the joke. It's unfortunately, not uncommon for stories to describe something Europeans do (when they really mean Britons), that I seldom can relate to, until I realise they are only using the UK as a sample. Although, I should point out, that sometimes it's other countries used as basis for what Europeans do (say France or Germany), when it might be exclusive to either two countries (or a subset of European countries, say Southern European). I also notice this in release dates for video games,[0] often a UK release date is published, when they really mean a European release date. (Although, to be fair to Canada, I often see US release dates, when they mean North American.) [0] The same pattern isn't necessarily true for music, film and book releases, because they don't have so wide releases as video games usually have.
- michaelgrafl 12y ago
  That was irony, which is used often by Europeans.

savszymura 12y ago

But people still store them in the fridge after they get back home!

speakeron 12y ago

No refrigeration of eggs here in Switzerland.

IceDane 12y ago

I'm Danish. I've also worked in something like 5 different supermarkets and naturally shopped in many, many more. I have _never_ seen a supermarket that doesn't refrigerate them. Which supermarkets don't?

mrweasel 12y ago

Also Danish eggs aren't washed, they are however salmonella free.

rmrfrmrf 12y ago
How could you possibly know that
- welly 12y ago
  He checks them. All of them.
- zhte415 12y ago
  Your comment prompted me to ask DuckDuckGo that exact question, where I found a quite interesting report on the prevelance of salmonella in eggs: http://multimedia.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fsis5004report.pdf http://multimedia.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fsis5004report... Some take-aways: The overall UK finding was that 9 samples (0.34%) were contaminated with Salmonella , which is equivalent to approximately 1 in every 290 “boxes” of 6 eggs. Factors that might have influenced whether or not eggs were contaminated with Salmonella were also examined. However, where differences were found these tended to be small and much larger sample sizes would have been required to demonstrate a statistically significant difference. There was no statistically significant difference between the prevalence of Salmonella contamination in samples purchased in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland; or between the prevalence of Salmonella contamination in samples from different egg production types; or between non-Lion code eggs and Lion code eggs; or between eggs that were stored chilled or at ambient temperature. However, there was a statistically significant higher prevalence of Salmonella contamination of eggs from medium sized retailers* than large retail outlets. *independent/local shops
- mrweasel 12y ago
  The Danish poultry farmers have been working extremely hard to eradicate salmonella. They do have some small insentive though. If you can prove that your countries chicks do not have salmonella, then the EU allows you to ban import chicks from countries that cannot make the same guarantees. This frees Danish poultry farmers from competing with German or eastern European farmers. The same laws applies to eggs, so throwing huge investments into figthing salmonella pays of in the long run. Food safety in Denmark, and the rest of Scandinavia is a huge deal, but it's expensive. http://sciencenordic.com/no-more-salmonella-danish-poultry http://sciencenordic.com/no-more-salmonella-danish-poultry How it's actually ensured: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/contaminated_chicken_illnesses.html http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/03/contamina...

igravious 12y ago

No refrigeration of eggs in stores in Ireland. When we get them home the leprechauns immediately steal them from the shopping bags so we have no idea whether we'd keep them in the fridge or not, pesky leprechauns.

kawsper 12y ago

Where have you seen non-refrigerated eggs in Denmark? I have never seen that.