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. 1989 Aug;103(1):35–45. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800030338

The survival of salmonellas in shell eggs cooked under simulated domestic conditions.

T J Humphrey 1, M Greenwood 1, R J Gilbert 1, B Rowe 1, P A Chapman 1
PMCID: PMC2249479  PMID: 2673824

Abstract

Strains of Salmonella enteritidis, S. typhimurium and S. senftenberg inoculated into the yolks of shell eggs were found to survive forms of cooking where some of the yolk remained liquid. Survival was largely independent of the size of the initial inoculum. The organisms also grew rapidly in eggs stored at room temperature and after 2 days the number of cells per gram of yolk exceeded log10 8.0. With this level of contamination viable cells could be recovered from eggs cooked in any manner.

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