Egg Nog

Sundae · 12-19-2010, 11:41 AM

Are they allowed to sell raw eggs as a drink in the US?
I seem to remember some of our cheeses can't be sold over there because they're not pasteurised - I'd have thought raw eggs were more dangerous...?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-19-2010, 12:53 PM

No, commercial versions are pasteurized.
Cheese from unpasteurized milk was verboten a few years ago. But the artisan cheese makers have been chipping away at that, so now it can be sold if it's clearly labeled. But most supermarkets don't want the hassle or liability, so they avoid it.

TheMercenary · 12-19-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No, commercial versions are pasteurized.
Cheese from unpasteurized milk was verboten a few years ago. But the artisan cheese makers have been chipping away at that, so now it can be sold if it's clearly labeled. But most supermarkets don't want the hassle or liability, so they avoid it.

I saw some unpasteurized cheese for the fist time this week at Fresh Market.

Griff · 12-19-2010, 03:47 PM

Pete made quite a pile of unpasteurized cheese this weekend.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Are they allowed to sell raw eggs as a drink in the US? I seem to remember some of our cheeses can't be sold over there because they're not pasteurised - I'd have thought raw eggs were more dangerous...? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-19-2010, 12:53 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, commercial versions are pasteurized. Cheese from unpasteurized milk was verboten a few years ago. But the artisan cheese makers have been chipping away at that, so now it can be sold if it's clearly labeled. But most supermarkets don't want the hassle or liability, so they avoid it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pete made quite a pile of unpasteurized cheese this weekend. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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