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It may finally<\/span> be safe to eat lettuce again<\/a> after June\u2019s horrifying\u2014and bagged-salad-trust-destroying<\/a>\u2014cyclospora outbreak. But the summer of \u201926\u2019s foodborne illness train rolls on with a new rash of recalls<\/a>: for salmonella.<\/p>\n

The FDA has reported multi-state salmonella bacteria outbreaks tied to jalape\u00f1os<\/a>, granola<\/a>, dog food<\/a>, alfalfa sprouts<\/a> (also featuring E. coli), and something most people probably have in their refrigerator at this very minute: eggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though the eggs being recalled are only from one supplier, Midwest Poultry Services<\/a>, they were sold under five brand names, including two distributed by one of the country\u2019s largest grocery chains<\/a>: Kroger and Simple Truth. While this July recall only concerned Kroger stores in Texas, why wait for the next one?<\/p>\n

With the advice of two infectious disease experts, I tested what may be the easiest, most universally applicable way to ensure the eggs in your refrigerator are salmonella-free and safe to use\u2014even in raw or near-raw preparations like Hollandaise and pasta carbonara. All it requires is an immersion circulator, a pot of water, and about an hour and a half of your day.<\/p>\n

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Are All Eggs at Risk?<\/h2>\n

Salmonella, which can cause fever and severe diarrhea, is not a new problem for eggs.<\/p>\n

In fact, \u201ceggs remain the single food commodity most associated with outbreak illnesses,\u201d says Alan Bulbin, director of infectious disease at Catholic Health\u2019s St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center in Roslyn, New York.<\/p>\n

Chickens and other poultry commonly carry Salmonella enteritidis<\/em>, the bacterium most commonly responsible for salmonellosis in people, which can be transferred to the shell from contact with droppings or even deposited inside the egg itself from an infected chicken’s ovaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s difficult to tell just by looking if a chicken has salmonella, which is easily transmitted by rodents or wild birds. In fact, at one point, the USDA estimated<\/a> that 1 out of every 20,000 eggs was thought to be contaminated with salmonella. That means out of the 67 billion eggs<\/a> produced in the US each year, 3 million eggs could conceivably have dangerous bacteria in or on them. The USDA enacted a 72-page egg safety requirement<\/a> in 2009 in hopes of eradicating contamination, but clearly, it hasn’t happened.<\/p>\n

It’s good practice to always keep your eggs refrigerated at 42 degrees Fahrenheit or less and wash your hands before and after handling. It’s also worth noting that cooking eggs kills salmonella bacteria. As long as your eggs are \u201ccooked thoroughly, with a firm yolk and white,\u201d according to Bulbin, salmonella shouldn’t be a concern.<\/p>\n

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But what if you (like me) have kids who cook for themselves, who you know for a fact will never wash their hands after handling eggs? And more commonly, what if you’re not fully cooking the eggs? Many recipes, from mayonnaise and aiolis to eggnog and royal icing for cookies, call for eggs that will be consumed uncooked. How can you make sure they’re safe to use?<\/p>\n

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While in-shell eggs aren’t pasteurized, all liquid eggs are\u2014the kind in the carton. However, these are just egg whites, not yolks, which means they won’t work for many of the above recipes.<\/p>\n

If you want to be certain a whole, raw shell egg is free of bacteria, the only way to ensure this is to pasteurize it, which means heating the egg for a long period of time at 130 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, but not<\/em> cooking it<\/a>. Because this is tricky, the vast majority of eggs sold in the US<\/a> are not pasteurized\u2014if they are, you’ll know it, as they’re more expensive and the carton will indicate as much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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