How are cocktails with raw egg as an ingredient made so people don’t get sick?
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Most eggs are perfectly safe to eat raw (I’ll make ice cream with raw egg and it’s awesome). It’s just a possibility and the FDA sides on the most cautious side.
Contrary to what other people in this thread are saying, US eggs aren’t the only ones that carry salmonella, it happens all over the world.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/08/study-finds-most-eu-salmonella-outbreaks-involve-eggs/#:~:text=Eggs%20are%20the%20main%20food,Europe%2C%20according%20to%20a%20study.
The US just chooses to handle the situation differently. They wash their eggs to eliminate the possibility of salmonella on the outside of the shell, but it removes a natural protective barrier making it so you have to refrigerate your eggs, but the Refrigeration also hampers bacterial growth as well. Refrigeration isn’t a big deal in the US, so that’s the way they go. If you have eggs from a small farm or a friend who raises chickens you don’t need to wash them, and as long as you properly refrigerate your eggs the risk of salmonella is super low.
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