If eggs are left out overnight at room tempature are they still good to eat?

Question

A whole bunch of eggs got left out at out house overnight and were not sure if they are good or not.

Answer 1

That would not hurt them at all.

Answer 2

****I sincerely hope you read this far for the saftey of your health.****

There is a LOT of misinformation in posts above me that can make you very ill.

Egg Facts:

The difference between eggs that can stay out at room temperature and those that cannot is:

Farm fresh eggs have a natural coating on the outside of them, a sheer membrane, that protects and seals the egg from the bacteria on the outside of the shell.

Eggs you buy in the store have been washed and have had this coating removed by the process!

So, unless your eggs came straight from the chicken to you, meaning you went to the farm and bought them, then NO, you cannot eat eggs that have been sitting at room temp all night.

If it were for an hour to bring to room temp for baking, that would be alright. But, any longer than that creates a breeding ground for salmonella bacteria and could cause gastrointestinal illness.

To sum it up,

Farm Fresh and unwashed: Leave out of the fridge if you want, but use within 7 days.

Store bought or unsure if they have been washed: NO! Refrigerate at below 40 degrees at all times.

Answer 3

I'm not sure what store some of these people shop @, but any store I've ever gone to the eggs were always in a refridgerated section. Eggs have the potential to grow bacteria and are a big carrier of salmonella and e. coli. Never eat any products containg eggs or milk after they have set out for more than a couple hours. Especially not if they have set out all night.

Answer 4

While it is possible that eggs left out on the counter can collect harmful bacteria, it is also true that if you cook your eggs to more than 160-degrees F, then you are safe. This temperature will kill the harmful bacteria, and you should have no problem.

If you put them in other foods like cakes, cook the cake to an internal temperature of more than 160-degrees F and again you should be fine.

If you are planning to eat them raw, I'm not sure I'd go there. Probably best to throw them away if you are not planning to cook them to a safe temp.

Answer 5

They wont do you any harm.!!! Test them.!!!
Go on make yourself an egg roll.!!!
*Eggs are meant to be stored at room temperature.!!!!
TEST FOR FRESHNESS: The air cell, or the empty space between the white and shell at the large end of the egg, gets larger as the egg ages. When an egg is first laid, it is warm. As it cools, the contents contract and the inner shell membrane separates from the outer shell membrane to form the air cell. You can see the air cell in the flattened end of a peeled, hard-cooked egg.

If you immerse an egg in (cool) water, you can judge how fresh it is by how high it floats. Really fresh eggs won't float at all; the higher it floats, the less likely it is to be fresh.

Another way is to shake the egg. Fresh eggs make no sound. Old eggs slosh in the shell.

Answer 6

You may store eggs at room temperature for up to two weeks without any problem in general. That's what was used to be done before 'fridge times' anyhow. The older eggs became lighter, the egg whites more liquid and those were then used to make a more fluffy cake. So one night doesn't do a thing.

Answer 7

Eggs are a potentially hazardous food -- in other words they can easily support the growth of harmful bacteria. Because of this, eggs should be stored refrigerated at all times to increase both their safety and quality.

Once left at room temperature for more than two hours, if pathogenic microorganisms such as salmonella, were present, no amount of cooking will be able to kill all the bacteria or toxins that had developed in that time.

So throw out the eggs. Throwing out the eggs is much cheaper that chancing getting sick.

Answer 8

room temp. being what exactly ... anything more than 40 degrees overnight i wouldnt eat ...

I just realized I left the egg carton on the kitchen counter overnight. Are the eggs safe to use?
The general rule is that if food items are at room temperature for more than 2 hours, the safest thing to do is to discard the product. If you leave eggs anywhere that is not refrigerated, the best thing to do is throw those eggs away and buy a new carton.

Answer 9

They should be fine, in fact if they are room temperature they are ideal for baking (you can even find baskets specifically sold to hold eggs on the counter). If you are using them, crack them and look at the white and the yellow, and sniff for any odor (I do this most of the time, even when they are new from the store). Honestly, I have even left them out for a few days in cooler weather when I was baking, and never gotten sick.

Answer 10

They should be perfectly fine. As long as they were laid by hens that were not exposed to a cockerel.
P.S. It is illegal to sell eggs that have the potential to be fertilized for public consumption, therefore you are fine : )

And to test your eggs, either put them in a bucket of water and see if they float (the ones that float are no good), or shake them (fresh eggs will be silent, bad eggs will make a noise).

Answer 11

Eggs aren't stored in the fridge in the supermarket so it is perfectly safe to store them out of the fridge at home.