Because washing the eggs allows you to cover up the fact that the hens are crammed so tight that the eggs are covered in shit by the time they’re collected.
Making it illegal to wash the eggs forces farmers to maintain some semblance of sanitary conditions.
They’re often crammed very tight in Europe as well, but it depends on the type of egg you buy.
Having a tiny bit of shit on it is uncommon, and people understand that it’s going to happen sometimes with a natural product that comes out of a chicken’s ass.
Washing breaks the natural anti-bacterial barrier of eggs, leaving them prone to salmonella, and they have to be refrigerated to avoid contamination.
I have no idea why they do this.
Because washing the eggs allows you to cover up the fact that the hens are crammed so tight that the eggs are covered in shit by the time they’re collected.
Making it illegal to wash the eggs forces farmers to maintain some semblance of sanitary conditions.
They’re often crammed very tight in Europe as well, but it depends on the type of egg you buy.
Having a tiny bit of shit on it is uncommon, and people understand that it’s going to happen sometimes with a natural product that comes out of a chicken’s ass.
Battery cages are illegal in the EU, and the minimum provision for caged hens is 750cm^2 per bird.
The US has no such law, but “industry standard” is 430 to 550cm^2 per bird.
Because otherwise they have bits of poop on them
We Europeans don’t eat the shell.
Well I’m not saying it’s the correct way, just, that’s why they wash them despite the drawbacks.
I’m pretty sure it’s so that they look better.