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Eggs - everything you need to know and recipes

The Egg - About the egg, nutritional value and health issues of eating chicken eggs

Playing It Safe With Eggs - What Consumers Need to Know - Food Safety Facts for Consumers to avoid the possibility of foodborne illness, fresh eggs must be handled carefully. Even eggs with clean, uncracked shells may occasionally contain bacteria called Salmonella that can cause an intestinal infection.

Focus On Shell Eggs - This Food Safety Focus includes information regarding inspection and grading, Easter egg safety and an egg storage chart.

Egg Products and Food Safety - This fact sheet provides in-depth information on egg products. Liquid, frozen, and dried egg products are widely used by the foodservice industry, and can be found as ingredients in other foods.

Egg Recipes - Basic Egg Dishes, The easiest and perhaps simplest and most delicious egg dishs

Egg Storage Chart
Product	Refrigerator	Freezer
Raw eggs in shell	3 to 5 weeks	Do not freeze.
Raw egg whites	2 to 4 days	12 months
Raw egg yolks	2 to 4 days	Yolks do not freeze well.
Raw egg accidentally frozen in shell	Use immediately after thawing.	Keep frozen; then refrigerate to thaw.
Hard-cooked eggs	1 week	Do not freeze.
Egg substitutes, liquid Unopened	10 days	Do not freeze.
Egg substitutes, liquid Opened	3 days	Do not freeze.
Egg substitutes, frozen Unopened	After thawing, 7 days, or refer to "Use-By" date on carton.	12 months
Egg substitutes, frozen Opened	After thawing, 3 days, or refer to "Use-By" date on carton.	Do not freeze.
Casseroles made with eggs	3 to 4 days	After baking, 2 to 3 months.
Eggnog, commercial	3 to 5 days	6 months
Eggnog, homemade	2 to 4 days	Do not freeze.
Pies, pumpkin or pecan	3 to 4 days	After baking, 1 to 2 months.
Pies, custard and chiffon	3 to 4 days	Do not freeze.
Quiche with any kind of filling	3 to 4 days	After baking, 1 to 2 months.


[The Egg - About Eggs and Nutritional values] [Playing It Safe With Eggs - What Consumers Need to Know] [Focus On Shell Eggs - from Farm to Table] [Egg Products and Food Safety] [Egg Recipes - Basic Egg Dishes]