Australian Consumers Hit with Egg Limits as Half a Million Birds Culled
Australian consumers have been hit with purchase limits on eggs after massive culls on poultry farms in the Victoria region. Popular store Coles introduced a limit on egg purchases in its stores. Consumers in Coles stores in every state except Western Australia will only be able to buy a maximum of two cartons of eggs. More than half a million birds have been culled on five farms in the southwest of Victoria after the H7N3 strain of bird flu was detected. This is a different strain from the H5N1 strain discovered on dairy farms in the US.
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I should buy a few extra doz.
Anyone know how long they last?
Depends what you buy. Eg most supermarket stuff is already getting old. Farm fresh / not washed is best (but if all Aussie states are the same you need REAL backyard sales... because your not allow to sell them unwashed. Unwashed means you haven't scrubbed the protective layer off the shell. This makes their expire date longer.
Eggs are advertised as up to six weeks from lay. But they can and do last longer if decent to begin with.
If you chuck the unwashed eggs in a bucket with water and slake lime they can last basically indefinitely because the inside of the egg is sterile and it's waterproof.