
But, in addition to food producers raising prices, the price of eggs in the shell at the market are also going up. Supply and demand wins again. The question I always have is how will changing our importing of eggs effect health. We have been assured by the United States Department of Agriculture, FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) that the Netherlands safety record is fine. But, I have been critical of this agency in the past and I continue to be concerned. They failed during the salmonella problem over the past two years and my lack of confidence is reasonable. If the eggs are all destined to be incorporated into baked good, then complete cooking will not be a problem. But what will happen if the eggs wind up in the supermarkets? And, to complicate the problem there are seven countries that have been approved by the Agriculture Marketing Service to send breaker eggs to the US. Chile, Argentina, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal are all potential exporters. Good luck to us with the FSIS on the job! I for one will be cooking my eggs thoroughly for the foreseeable future.