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HOW LONG DO EGGS STAY GOOD IN THE
REFRIGERATOR? It's important to get tips on how to
protect yourself and your family from
food-related illnesses. It's sometimes
easy to determine when food in your
refrigerator has gone bad. All you
usually have to do is check for mold, or for a foul odor.
Question: How long can you keep
eggs in the fridge? answer: We tell consumers to look to the egg carton dates to judge freshness. A couple of bits of info
regarding the sell-by date: The USDA
says that the date can be no further
ahead than 30 days after the packing
date. Your store can choose any day
within that 30 days to date the eggs. If you don't find a date on the carton,
using the eggs within three weeks of
the carton date should allow them to be
used within optimum quality. By
"optimum quality," we refer to the fact
that the yolk will be high and upstanding, and the white will be tall
and firm. As the membrane releases
from the shell, the whites spread out, so
you want to use fresh eggs for poaching
and other recipes where shape is
important, and save the older eggs for scrambled eggs and recipes that
includes eggs.
Question: How can you tell when eggs
have gone bad?
answer: Eggs are one of the few animal foods that you can keep in your
fridge and still be optimum quality.
Eggs are unlikely to go bad in a
refrigerator setting, but would dry up
over time. Eggs don't automatically go
bad or spoil after date. If the eggs do not already have
salmonella, it will not grow in an egg as
it sits in your fridge. If it does contain
salmonella, the number of bacteria will
be quite small because it does not grow
in cold environments, like a refrigerator, and with proper handling, cooking, and
other food safety measures, the bacteria will be killed.
