What can you do to avoid illness from salmonella enteritidis?
There are several ways to avoid the risk: • Avoid eating raw eggs or foods that contain them. This includes “health-food” milkshakes with raw eggs, traditional Caesar salad dressing, hollandaise sauce, homemade mayonnaise, and homemade ice cream or eggnog made from recipes in which the raw egg ingredients are not cooked. • Cook eggs well. Here’s how certain methods should be cooked: Fried eggs — To cook both sides and increase the temperature the eggs reach, cook slowly and either baste the eggs, cover the pan with a lid or turn the eggs. Cook until the whites are completely set and the yolks begin to thicken but are not hard. Scrambled eggs, omelets and frittatas — Cook until the eggs are thickened and no visible liquid egg remains. Poached eggs — Cook in gently simmering water until the whites are completely set and the yolks begin to thicken but are not hard, from 3 to 5 minutes. Avoid precooking and reheating poached eggs. Soft-cooked eggs — Bring eggs and water to a full boil.
