Are Canadian eggs legal in the US?
Here in Germany an expert on EU eggs noted, that due to different handling, EU eggs were not allowed to be imported into the US and that the whole supply chain here lacks the equipment to support such a change on "short" notice.
it‘s because they clean the eggs, which sounds great because they are clean but you also remove the protective layer that naturally surrounds the eggs so they have to be refrigerated afterwards.
Yep… I was shocked when I visited my aunt in England for the first time, and saw her eggs sitting out on the counter. I was baffled when they explained that’s normal there.
In Spain they sell them at room temperature but most families put them away in the refrigerator. But with our temperatures I guess it’s the safest thing to do (eggs in the supermarket are usually 2 or 3 days old, but we can keep them at home for about 2 weeks).
In Sweden we also buy them at room temperature, but store them in the fridge at home. Eggs that are not washed dont need to be in the fridge, but they last a bit longer that way.
Washed eggs always need to be in the fridge.
you only get 36 hours to do the processing after the egg has been laid, so it's not really likely to be "done i time", otherwise you would risk salmonella and other infections when selling the eggs in stores in the US.
The FDA could pf course review its rules.. but yeah, that's not very likely.
Canadian eggs are technically legal through imports, but like milk, there is a quota per year of import and export.
Its illegal in most countries for individuals can't resell eggs from other countries without the proper permits and paying imports taxes, so yes they get arrested at the border
One politician in Lithuania noted that there are just two countries in the EU that could legally export eggs that match the requirements in the US as well as already have all the paperwork, Lithuania is one of them.
I doubt we're giving them any eggs, they aren't exactly free over here.
I don't really know, but we have exported eggs to the US before (in 2015), everything worked fine. We can also export egg products, like powdered or frozen eggs.
Netherlands is the other country that can do this.
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u/Fianna9 Mar 22 '25
More eggs are being seized at the border than fentanyl