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Good. You can float test eggs and they almost always last over a MONTH after the dates.
When I worked at an AIDS project with a food pantry, we got donations of expired eggs directly from the farms, and I am here to tell you - a palette of eggs 6 weeks past their expiration can sit in an unrefrigerated (but cool) warehouse for another 2-3, get distributed, and still be reliably OK.
...So long as you know where the eggs came from and how long it'd been since they were washed, which is what starts the real timer.
Some farmers don't wash them so that they stay antimicrobial outside of the fridge.
I think in France you can't wash the eggs that are for sell directly
edit: yeah, found this info, and auto-translated :
Unwashed eggs protected by an invisible cuticle
In France and the European Union, Class A eggs sold in stores are neither washed nor disinfected. They retain a thin natural film—the cuticle—which seals the pores of the shell and limits bacterial entry. It is this "shield" that allows eggs to be kept at room temperature in stores.
In the United States, the approach is the opposite: eggs are cleaned and disinfected before sale. This washing removes the cuticle, leaving the shell more exposed and allowing germs to penetrate more easily. Consequently, refrigeration is mandatory throughout the supply chain there, from the farm to the refrigerated aisle.
They should be able to accept any food past it's "best before" date but not it's "use by" date as they are completely different things that often get conflated leading to masses of food waste
Meanwhile in Washington state I can’t give fresh eggs laid by my chickens to a food bank because I don’t have an egg dealer license even though I’m donating them.
For good reason. While you might (probably, almost certainly,) are good with food safety; a lot of people are not.
They have to legislate/regulate for the worst.
I understand this, but given the article here I was thinking if they can pass a law that opens liability on past due timings they could also pass a law on free food donations.
Sure someone somewhere will do something evil but on balance most people just want to help.
To the person suggesting giving eggs to a friend I do do this, I’ve found a lot of other ways to help people, my eggs never go to waste, I just wish I could also share with the local food bank.
If they take fresh/baked goods, egg bread and egg noodles are a good way to get nutrients into bellies without being super difficult to do. The threat profile on such things is also totally different so they are allowed on a lot of places where raw foods wouldn't be
Also a great use of eggs that are “maybe borderline” rather than tossing them :)
here in the midwest, i see random packages of frozen game meat from the food pantry every now and then. usually venison, sometimes bear... elk once, even. and not always packaged by a commercial meat locker, either.
Yes, but it's from a certified butcher. There's annual 'hunters feeding America" drives to donate carcasses to various facilities who process it and give them to food banks. Not bobby joe down the road doing his own processing.
I love this about the midwest
thats sounds unsanitary. better to accept hardboile eggs into that some stores sell. vital farms or WF.
Gross. I think the hungry and needy deserve better than that.
Last weekend I finished off a carton 3 weeks past the "best by" date. They were still good, and tasted the same as any other normal egg. Not farm fresh, but fine. They last a lot longer than the date on the carton says.
It's not expiration date.
That article is pretty straightforward. It’s aiming to decrease food waste, increase an in demand food item at food pantries, and presents little risk because bad eggs are easy to identify. All in all it seems like a positive development.
These aren't rotten eggs
It's the point of the message.
Homeless and hungry people or financially strapped people with a home want things they can readily eat. I've already explained how the egg expiration process works.
Sell-By dates can also be used as a measurement for retailers to gauge when something is to expire by, especially perishables, such as baked pastries. They need to sell it by a certain date which is usually before the product expires. If they can't and the product is close to expiring, guess what? It's gotta go. That's how they work, as a retailer.
Besides, you've never gone to food shelves or food banks, have you? Bet not, because you're sounding entitled with your stupid comment. There will be some, not all, but some food banks and food shelves that will end up giving expired food to people in need. It is unintentionally inhumane to do and I wish they would stop doing that practice. As well as there is not enough public outcry to make retailers and whatnot reconsider their practices but then again, on a retailer's point of view, they don't want to be liable for making anyone sick or anything else.
I'd also know because I stock shit and I'm responsible for having to take things like dented cans because why would anyone reasonably buy a dented can much less, donate it? Liability is a thing and I'd rather be safe than sorry.
So you can take that comment and fucking shove it. Shows what your ass knows.
Lol
Just factory eggs for you
no one should be consuming bird ovum, it's weird this is even something that needs to be said.
Why not?
"it's weird", they gave a direct, well established and reasoned directive. Luckily they made reference to the fact that no other animals in the world eat eggs... /s
Ah, thanks.
I guess years of egg... I mean birb ovum eating has damaged my reading comprehension. I don't know how far I've strayed from God's light due to the before mentioned egg based illiteracy, but I assume it's far.
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