Here's the synopsis of the news story that got me going.Eggs are giving us salmonella.
Apparently they have been since 2007. Who discovered this frightening news? The Egg Marketing Board discovered this and thought we better know.
Here's some details, the salmonella has been found in egg overages sold by poultry meat producers that sell eggs privately and not through the egg marketing board. Free range eggs sold by independent producers and not through the egg marketing board. These eggs have found their way into restaurants and bakeries and other places that use large quantities of eggs, where cost is a major factor. These places are buying cheap eggs to control their costs rather then the price regulated eggs from the egg marketing board. BCTV and the egg marketing board didn't point there price controled fingers at anyone or even name any names. What they did do was use scare tactics to make us supicious of the source of the eggs we have purchased.
Wait a minute, did you notice I slipped in the words 'egg marketing board' multiple times. Gee, I wonder if 'the egg marketing board' has lost sales over the past 3 years. Gee, what do you think?
Even though the egg marketing board was only mentioned twice in the entire news story it seemed pretty obvious (at least to me) that they were spinning this story.
If this started in 2007 why are we just hearing about it now? How did they find these salmonella egg selling criminals? Did it really take them since 2007 to unravel their data and find these culprits? Did the egg marketing board all of sudden realise that starting this July, anyone in Vancouver with a backyard can have TWO Chickens? Did they freak out after doing the math and realising how much money they would lose?
Finally, how come the egg marketing board or BCTV didn't mention that if you do buy eggs from a farmer or poultry producer there is simple a sterilization technique you can use to kill salmonella?
Our egg producing friend explained that Salmonella can be transferred from the shell of the egg if it hasn't be cleaned properly. If you get some eggs and aren't sure if they are clean enough, simply get a large pot, fill it with water and put a few drops of bleach in it. Mix it around and then transfer your eggs into this bath let them sit there for a few minutes and then dry them off. Be sure to wash you hands before and after this exercise.
