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Handling and Preparing Specific Foods

  • Specific Foods Home
  • Frozen Chicken
  • Eggs
  • Home Made Ice Cream
  • Wild Game
  • Turkey
  • Hamburger
  • Fish and Seafood
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Raw Milk
  • Irradiation and Pasteurization

Food Safety

  • Food Safety Home
  • Clean & Separate
  • Cook & Chill
  • Storing & Preserving
  • Cooking Away From Home
  • Handling and Preparing Specific Foods
  • Food Safety in Emergencies
  • Alerts and Recalls
  • Print Materials

More Food Safety

  • Foodborne Illness
  • Food Business Safety
  • Food Safety for Schools
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Contact Info

Minnesota Department of Health
651-201-5000
Food Safety Comment Form

Eggs

Eggs can be a part of a healthy diet. However, they are perishable just like raw meat, poultry, and fish. To be safe, they must be properly refrigerated and cooked. 

  • Coloring Eggs
    MDH food safety fact sheet on handling eggs safely before, during, and after the hunt.
     
  • Egg Products and Food Safety: USDA
    USDA facts on egg and egg product safety.
     
  • Eggs and Egg Products: Foodsafety.gov
    Food safety information on handling and preparing eggs safely from foodsafety.gov.
     
  • Homemade Eggnog: Make it Safely: Foodsafety.gov
    This will help you update eggnog recipes to avoid the risk of foodborne illness.
     
  • Playing it Safe With Eggs: What Consumers Need to Know: FDA
    The US FDA fact sheet about eggs.
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Last Updated: 06/16/2025

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