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Reply to "Egg Whites - Health Concern in Royal Icing?"

Hi, Saige. The risk of salmonella is real, especially if you buy mass-produced/industrial eggs. (In fact, recently there was a rather serious outbreak that involved a widespread egg recall: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella...rup-04-18/index.html). If an egg is infected with salmonella, anyone can get sick (or even die) from it . . . it's just that pregnant women, the elderly, and immuno-compromised people are more vulnerable to serious illness from it.  But this doesn't preclude others from being impacted. To understand the real risks, you should check out the CDC site, as they monitor the impact of such outbreaks. Here are the stats on their site about number of illnesses/deaths as a result of salmonella poisoning each year: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html

Meringue powder, pure albumen powder, and pasteurized whites virtually eliminate risk, because the eggs are heated/dehydrated to the point that kills bacteria.

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