Chicken eggs are a nutritious and healthy product that is not recommended to be eaten raw. However, along with this, veterinarians are strongly advised to wash their eggs, even before heat treatment. This causes many questions from consumers who do not see the point in washing the shell, which does not go into food.
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Salmonella
Chicken eggs represent a potential risk to human health, not only in their raw form. After the appearance of an egg, its initial internal purity is disturbed by an air bubble, which forms inside after cooling and introduces various bacteria into the protein / yolk. However, most of them remain on the surface of the shell, which is a fairly common cause of infection with salmonellosis. Especially dangerous in terms of salmonella transfer are goose and duck eggs, which have a more porous shell structure.
Washing eggs with soap and under hot water immediately before cooking is a mandatory preventive measure that will minimize the risk of salmonella infection. Then they must undergo mandatory heat treatment in the form of boiling for four to five minutes or frying on both sides. Quail eggs should also be washed - but only if they lie down next to the chicken, because quails do not tolerate salmonella due to elevated body temperature.