a: egg coating ~
b: little safety vest

What:

"The coating is like a little safety vest for the egg, keeping water and oxygen in and bad bacteria out. Washing can damage that layer and "increase the chances for bacterial invasion" into pores or hairline cracks in the shell, according to Yi Chen, a food scientist at Purdue University"


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Writer: Yi Chen
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Date: Sep 1 2016 5:37 PM


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