The dysfunctional Trump administration, in its infinite lack of wisdom, has decided to import eggs from Turkey as a stop-gap measure.
Has anyone at the USDA or the FDA considered the contamination rates of H5N1 (bird flu), Salmonella, and other pathogens in Turkish eggs?
I thought not.
To be clear, Vladimir Putin tried this a little over a year ago, with disastrous results.
Russia decided to import eggs from Turkey in order to address an egg “crisis” caused by high inflation and Western sanctions triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
According to a January 2024 story in Newsweek, more than 20% of the 19.4-ton batch of Turkish eggs imported into Russia on January 3, 2024, was contaminated with the H5N1 (bird flu) virus and/or Salmonella.
This was not an isolated incident. A 2022 study of shell eggs in Turkey found Salmonella in 12% of free-range eggs, 10% of cage-free eggs, and 12% of eggs from caged birds.
In contrast, the generally acknowledged overall incidence of Salmonella in US eggs is 1:20,000 (0.005%).
I usually try to avoid predictions; however, don’t be surprised if there is a sudden rash of egg-associated Salmonella outbreaks over the next few months.
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“…dysfunctional Trump administration,…” Once I read this in the opening line, one can only conclude that this article is based on bias, not facts. Nothing here is credible. Don’t waste your time as you will be misinformed.
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People in the US: No one talks about that! Mexico has emerged as a leading exporter of eggs to the United States, addressing a critical shortage caused by the ongoing avian influenza outbreak.
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why not start a new farm of brand new healthy chickens . chickens populate fast. What happen to getting and making products in America. i give you a solution dummy trumpy u haved saved us trillions of $$$ already so why do u want to go give it to Turkey. you make no sense u are considered a Moron if u cant figure that one out. Duh
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wow, why do you blame Trump for not caring. He does, that is why he is importing eggs from Turkey. First of all they can be disinfected secondly do you guys don’t want to remember how many US food products are being recalled regularly for infections some life threatening. First look into your own backyard, clean you mess before throwing stones at someone else. US food production and process has a long way as well to be called safe.
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Yes, give the chickens bleach, that should do it.
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You are referring to what Trump said during covid. He did not mean REAL bleach. He was talking about Hydroxychloquin. It’s NOT bleach!! But idiots keep twisting his words. I MYSELF have taken that and I was better in TWO days when I had the flu. I never had covid or taken the D shot. I ALSO take Ivermectin horse paste every 2 weeks since Dec 2020 and I’ve NEVER got covid!! Stop spreading LIES and DIS information!!!
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How do you decontaminate eggs Misty? Maybe the same genius who’s responsible for the classified security breach over the weekend will invent a procedure to identify contaminated eggs without first breaking them and then a way to reverse the contamination and unbreak the eggs. Bet that Elon and DOGE can handle that problem.
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You can sanitize vast quantities of eggs via thermal treatment or a spray mist solution of water and chlorine.
And security breach??? Was there top secret classified information being sent from a private computer?
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Let’s make sure Misty shares the egg de-con procedure on Signal. That way EVERYONE will know how to do it!
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No. I read that all commercial eggs are soaked in a mixture of bleach and water before hitting the stores. I don’t know how true that is. I eat farm eggs. I wouldn’t touch the commercial store eggs!!
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Did you read the comparison for salmonella? Turkey: 12%. U.S.: 0.005%. I’d say our backyard is pretty clean.
Throwing out a vague “you guys don’t want to remember” is quite different from using objective figures as above. It also means we catch problems before people get sick. Also you can have a big media effect for something with a relatively small impact .
As for Trump, he cares deeply about himself and that’s it. It’s puzzling how anyone hasn’t seen this yet.
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who is blaming trumpy that was brought up by you but don’t worry this will get fixed FAST like all the other vs trumpy oromises
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Written by a non medical Liberal. No sense of credibility. Please post your data so people can see where your information came from! So Phillip at least Trump is doing more than you Humpty party ever did in the last decade .
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Trumpbots, first deny everything. Some people will believe anything that validates their own ignorance. Buying eggs from Turkey, and then inspecting, processing, packaging, and shipping them halfway around the world is a hairbrained idea on its face, and would only be suggested by a group of idiots, let alone actually acted upon.
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Doing what? But destroying our country to the ground! Didn’t Trump say to buy American products. But yet he’s getting eggs from Turkey. How much is that going to cost? Considering he said we’re in debt. And that there’s was corruption. Which him and Musk haven’t show any evidence on that. Lol! Your criminal president, belongs in jail. He’s a felon. Along with his supporters who attacked our capital and police officers!
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I bet most people have never smelled a bad egg. Then came TRUMPY!
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Another Democratic Party attempt to spread fear & cause division & disruption!
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i guess we’ll see if that’s true, how about you eat the Turkish eggs first and let us know how it works out
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All Democrats have to do is let Trump and his minions continue to mismanage and wreck every system that worked flawlessly before the advent of the Trump/Musk upgrade and improvement department.
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you don’t get it do you? We trumpys want to destroy your system and bring it to an end. Is that plain enough for you?
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Those mentioned agencies are gutted. The current administration does not care about the nation’s health. Look at who’s in charge.
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