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USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis | Sweden Herald (swedenherald.com)

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American authorities have turned to the industry association Danish Eggs and asked about the possibility of exporting eggs to the USA, reports Danish TV2 with reference to the industry magazine Fødevarewatch. The egg shortage in the USA is due to bird flu. Over 40 million animals were put down last year and prices have been driven up, which has created a political debate. Among other things, President Donald Trump blamed egg prices on former President Joe Biden in his speech to Congress. Whether Denmark will export eggs is unclear. A number of export requirements stand in the way at present, according to Danish Eggs.

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From the Danish media: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2025-03-14-usa-beder-danmark-om-hjaelp

There are a few additional points

Multiple European countries have gotten similar requests, not just Denmark

American egg policy requires washing the eggs while European policy prohibits this, making it highly inconvenient.

They would want assurance that America won't suddenly put tariffs on the eggs.

If america were to pay upwards of 1€ per egg, maybe they'd have a deal.

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[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Do you do the water test? Or just crack it open and hope for the best??

[-] TDCN@feddit.dk 3 points 14 hours ago

I do the same as @DouchePalooza@lemm.ee and never have i ever had a rotten egg or anything close to it. I always refrigerate my eggs and they last for a really long time. Even though we don't wash eggs in Denmark like in crazy US we still refrigerate them her. I think it's just easy to do for our food supply chain here and helps keep the eggs fresh.

If you think about it, in nature a hen would naturally be laying eggs over the course of a month (wild hens don't lay eggs every single day) so an egg must be able to survive for minimum a month in outdoor temperatures and stay healthy untill there are enough eggs for the hen to start laying on them and incubate them. A month or 3 in a fridge should be no problem for an egg. Unles of course you wash it and ruin the natural protection layer....

[-] DouchePalooza@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

When boiled, instant water test. Other types, when I'm not particularly confident, I just crack open to a bowl.

I'm used to this because I grew up with eggs from hens of friends and family so we never knew when they were laid or how long they were in the hen house... Anyway, with store bought eggs, never had a problem, even after months (only 1 bad batch that came from the supermarket).

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