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How safe is it to eat raw eggs? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by raidenfox@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to try a japanese dish called tamago kake gohan, it's basically raw eggs mixed with rice. The problem is that I'm scared to get salmonella from it. Do you guys think it's safe to eat them? I'm currently living in Brazil. Also, I saw this article telling that the brand I buy my eggs from is exporting to Japan, would this mean they're salmonella-free?

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[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eggs can be pasteurized- aka heated to kill off bacteria such as salmonella - without cooking them. From a quick Google, in the US and Japan it should be standard to make this dish with such eggs as to be safe to eat. I can't speak to Brazil's food safety standards though- the chances of using pasteurized eggs could be a lot lower, however if it's a Japanese export/import, Japan takes such safety very seriously, so it's likely to be safe.

[–] grahamsz@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

If you buy eggs preshelled in the US then they are required to be pasteurized - something like this would be good https://vitalfarms.com/pasture-raised-liquid-whole-eggs/

In theory you can pasteurize an egg in its shell, but they aren't very common round here.