The question:
What are the chances for getting salmonella from "home grown" eggs?.........thanks.....Dennis
Salmonella is just about everywhere in nature. The odds of getting it from a 'home grown' producer and a commercial producer might well be exactly the same (from the industry but I would think at least reasonably accurate):
"The inside of an egg was once considered almost sterile. But, over recent years, the bacterium Salmonella enteritidis (Se) has been found inside a small number of eggs. Scientists estimate that, on average across the U.S., only 1 of every 20,000 eggs might contain the bacteria. So, the likelihood that an egg might contain Se is extremely small 0.005% (five one-thousandths of one percent). At this rate, if you're an average consumer, you might encounter a contaminated egg once every 84 years."
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A better question is "How likely is getting sick from a bad backyard chicken egg to be recognized as salmonella?" I would think, not likely. Usually it takes tens or hundreds of people to all get sick around the same time and show up in emergency rooms before it is recognized as a pattern and investigated.
"What will happen if I eat an egg containing Salmonella?
If an egg containing Salmonella has been kept refrigerated and someone who uses good hygiene practices serves it to you immediately after proper cooking, you'll simply have a nutritious meal. If the egg has been improperly handled, though, you might experience the foodborne illness called salmonellosis. You could have symptoms of abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, chills, fever and/or headache within 6 to 72 hours after eating. The symptoms usually last only a day or two in healthy people but can lead to serious complications for the very young, pregnant women, the elderly, the ill and those with immune system disorders. Anyone who has had salmonellosis may pass along the bacteria for several weeks after recovering, but salmonellosis is seldom fatal. While the risk of getting salmonellosis is very small, there's no need to take chances because cooking kills Salmonella."
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