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I have always wondered about this. I refrigerate because there is no down side to doing it. But it is nice to now know that eggs should be refrigerated in America.
A chicken lays approximately one egg a day for maybe 20 days or so, getting up frequently for water, food, and exercise before returning to brood on the nest. The chicks inside develop perfectly fine and free of disease. The shell is naturally coated with something called "bloom," a very thin membrane that seals it up. Washing eggs removes it. How long have chickens been domesticated? When was refrigeration invented? I raise chickens and assure you refrigeration is not necessary for my eggs.
A chicken lays approximately one egg a day for maybe 20 days or so, getting up frequently for water, food, and exercise before returning to brood on the nest. The chicks inside develop perfectly fine and free of disease. The shell is naturally coated with something called "bloom," a very thin membrane that seals it up. Washing eggs removes it. How long have chickens been domesticated? When was refrigeration invented? I raise chickens and assure you refrigeration is not necessary for my eggs.
However, eggs that have been washed and refrigerated before they get to your house should be refrigerated.
I assume that's what the article says - do whatever the person you bought them off did, which means fridge in America, shelf elsewhere.
Yes...put them in the fridge...in the carton...leave them in the carton...don't put them in the door where those "eggy" holes might be....that's NOT the optimal temp for eggs!
I dont refrigerate many things that are refrigerated in the US. I don't refrigerate eggs either, but most of the times i buy them farm fresh and unwashed. Never had any problems. In all fairness I have to add that I am not really sensitive, and years of "unsterile" life style made me immune to few bacteria here and there.
For convenience i just put them in the designated area in the door of the fridge, been eating eggs frequently for the best part of 70 years and never had a problem..
Look at how eggs are presented at your local food store.............Mine has the eggs in a temperature controlled cooler. Good enough for me.
Jim B.
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life style made me immune to few bacteria here and there. 
