Typically, organic eggs are also produced from hens in cage-free systems. Almost all eggs produced commercially are infertile. Roosters do not have to be present for hens to lay eggs and roosters are, therefore, not kept with laying flocks. When there is an excess of hatching eggs in the poultry meat industry, eggs from broiler breeder flocks can be sold for human consumption. A large percentage of these eggs will be fertile.
Fertilized eggs are safe to eat.
There is no nutritional difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The embryo does not develop in fertilized eggs that are refrigerated soon after laying. It is also known as the Asian Beefsteak plant. The leaves are used as spice and in pickled food in Japan, however it is cultivated as a foliage plant in foreign countries. Perilla herb oil is a natural spice with many uses.