You can continue to enjoy eggs and egg-rich foods if you follow these safe handling guide lines. Avoid eating raw eggs or foods that contain them. Caesar salad, Hollandaise sauce, and any other food like homemade mayonnaise, ice cream, or eggnog made from recipes in which the raw egg ingredients are not cooked. At the store, choose Grade A or AA eggs with clean, uncracked shells. Make sure they have been refrigerated in the store.
Any bacteria present in an egg can grow quickly at room temperature.
Refrigerating eggs - Take eggs straight home to the refrigerator. A home refrigerator should be running at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Store them in the grocery carton in the coolest part of the refrigerator, not in the door. Don't wash eggs. You'll remove a protective coating applied at the packing plant.