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Experts Offer Tips for Healthy Easter Egg Eating
CHICAGO (AP) -- Food safety experts say a few quick tips are key to safely enjoying Easter eggs this year.

As tempting as they are, eggs collected during Easter egg hunts shouldn't be eaten. They could have been contaminated, and they've likely been out in warm weather for too long to be safe.

Instead, make two batches of eggs -- one that's safely stored in the refrigerator to be eaten and another for the hunt.

Raw and cooked eggs shouldn't be left out of the refrigerator for more than two hours because of the risk of bacteria like salmonella.

Eggs shouldn't be stored in the refrigerator door because that's the warmest place in the fridge. Instead, keep eggs in their cartons.

And eggs should be eaten within three weeks of the "sell-by" date.

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04 03 10 by Newsroom
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