Is It Legal to Wash Unwashed Eggs in Europe?

Washed eggs spoil faster, but only if you don't refrigerate them. Europe has had the financial and industrial capacity to properly wash and then refrigerate its eggs for a long time. But as if now, it is illegal in the european union for commercial egg producers to wash their eggs. Swedish egg producers actually got a waver from the e u. In two thousand three to washing their eggs for their local market because swedish consumers simply demanded washed eggs.