eggs with "eggspiration" dates on them

   I've noticed that some of the eggs sold in local supermarkets are starting
to have expiration dates on them - actually stamped on each egg.

  Now I have NEVER had an egg go bad on me, and I've eaten ones that were
months old.  Ok, we keep our refrigerator very cold, probably colder than
most, but still, allowing only 21 days before you are supposed to throw them
out seems loony-loon crazy.

  I'm guessing this is just an attempt to get those who are easily
influenced to throw out perfectly good eggs, and thus increase egg sales.

  What do you think?  Have you encountered this?

  OhioGuy wrote:

It is. It also leaves the supplier devoid of any responsibility if
someone gets food poisoning from one after the eggspiry date, and eggs
are not low risk foods. We've had eggspiry dates on eggs here for
years. The reality is they keep for 9 months in the fridge just fine,
for cooking in cakes. They do taste fresher within the 21 days, and
one can tell the difference in sandwiches.


NT

 
Another thing to consider is that grocery stores will take cartons of
eggs
with some broken, throw out the broken ones, and consolidate to make
sellable cartons.  It's probably not likely, but a single egg could
rotate
around for quite a while before being sold.

Cindy Hamilton