Traditional pasteurization methods in which heat is applied to a raw shell egg has traditionally, cooked the egg. In the '80s the Cox family of Washington state began working to develope a process in which to pasteurize shell eggs without cooking them as a means to deliver a product to market that would carry a lessened or non-existent food-borne bacterial load.

In the '90s, the Cox's began work with L. John Davidson and together they finally developed a process for pasteurizing shell eggs without cooking them that has been patented and is owned now by National Pasteurized Eggs Inc. and distributed under the brand name Davidson's Safest Choice since 2003.

While we don't suggest you readily assume that all eggs, regardless of processing are safe for consumption raw, Davidson's Safest Choice, the egg stamped with a circled "P" are now available in Florida.

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