Why American Eggs Would Be Illegal In A British Supermarket, And Vice Versa

007 said:
Next you will be telling us council tax is not a tax, or NI or VAT.
Add up everything you pay to the government, deduct that from your earnings, there you will find your true tax burden.
It will be more than 65%.
You refuse to look at the big picture.
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What about property taxes, state taxes, sales tax, 401(k) defferals, employee health tax contribution and FICA?
 
PostmodernProphet said:
washing does wonders for ecoli.......
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From the Forbes article.

Since the late 1990’s British farmers have been vaccinating hens against salmonella following a crisis that sickened thousands of people who had consumed infected eggs. Amazingly, this measure has virtually wiped out the health threat in Britain. In 1997, there were 14,771 reported cases of salmonella poisoning there, by 2009 this had dropped to just 581 cases. About 90 percent of British eggs now come from vaccinated hens – it’s required for producers who want to belong to the Lion scheme. The remaining 10 percent come from very small farmers who don’t sell to major retailers.

In contrast, there is no such requirement for commercial hens in the US. Consequently, according to FDA data, there are about 142,000 illnesses every year caused by consuming eggs contaminated by the most common strain of salmonella. Only about one-third of farmers here choose to inoculate their flocks. Farmers cite cost as the main reason not to opt for vaccination –FDA estimates say it would cost about 14 cents a bird. The average hen produces about 260 eggs over the course of her lifetime.
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Aoxomoxoa said:
What about property taxes, state taxes, sales tax, 401(k) defferals, employee health tax contribution and FICA?
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Property tax is a tax, state tax is a tax, sales tax is a tax, 401k deferrals are tax,FICA is a tax your point being?
Does this simply serve as a quick sidestep to your original denial that an average income earner, living an average kind of life, in the UK will carry a tax burden that will relieve him of 65% of his income.
 
How does Salmonella infect eggs?
Bacteria can be on the outside of a shell egg. That's because the egg exits the hen's body through the same passageway as feces is excreted. That's why eggs are required to be washed at the processing plant. All USDA graded eggs and most large volume processors follow the washing step with a sanitizing rinse at the processing plant. It is also possible for eggs to become infected by Salmonella Enteritidis fecal contamination through the pores of the shells after they're laid. SE also can be inside an uncracked, whole egg. Contamination of eggs may be due to bacteria within the hen's reproductive tract before the shell forms around the yolk and white. SE doesn't make the hen sick.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/focus_on_shell_eggs/index.asp#3
 
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