Eggs, one of the 5 dirtiest food!

Philippines
December 16, 2008 1:16pm CST
What? I can't imagine egg being one of the dirtiest food! But according to AOL Health,"while most eggs aren't going to make anyone sick, experts estimate that more than 2 million germy eggs (as in Salmonella infected) get into circulation each year, sickening 660,000 people each year and killing as many as 300". Whew, I still love eggs.
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Frederick42
@Frederick42 (2024)
• Canada
27 Dec 08
That is a sad thing. I too love eggs very much and it is very sad that eggs should be so much polluted.
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
it the report is true, then it is very alarming. but as some mylotters say, they haven't been sick for eating eggs the longest time, then why will we worry.
dogsnme
@dogsnme (1264)
• United States
24 Dec 08
I think you have to be careful how much faith you put into such reports especially when it's coming from "popular" news sources. I haven't researched it so I guess it could be true. All I know is I've eaten eggs all my life and never gotten sick from them once. Maybe I was lucky enough to miss the 2 miliion that were "dirty."
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
I also have been eating since I was a kid and just like, I'm thankful that I haven't been sick and God forbid!. We all don't want to get sick and funny, we sometimes eat egg when we are sick.
aseretdd
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I also love eggs... but this explains why some restaurants refuse to serve sunny side up... since cooking eggs in full will definite rid it of those 2 million plus germs... Well, i think it is just a matter of cooking properly so that we will not get sick because of what we eat...
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
I believe that heat can kill all those virus,right?
lazeebee
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 08
And to think that some people actually eat it raw or half-boiled. I love eggs - but hard boiled or fried - I suppose that should kill the germs!
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
I cannot swallow raw eggs, it makes me vomit! I guess, cooking the egg can kill the germs.
tarheel
@tarheel (151)
• United States
16 Dec 08
I don't eat them un;less my wife sneaks them into a dish that she cooks for me. As smelly as they are I don't have a hard time believing they are germy at all.
dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
There are menu that put eggs as part of the main ingredient, what do you put in exchange of that?