What is the shelf life of eggs in the refrigerator?

After 3 to 5 weeks, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Of note, organic local eggs will last much longer (because when you buy them in the store, they've probably already been around for a while).

also, you don't actually need to refrigerate them...in South American supermarkets the eggs are stored in the baking section near the flour and not in the refrigerated section. Probably still best to store in your fridge at home, but there's not really a problem if they get left out.

So, why do eggs turn rotten and smell like sulphuric acid when left unrefrigerated long enough. A deer repellant we use here is raw eggs mixed w. a gallon of water; jug is left out for a week untill it really reeks; then fluid and eggs are distributed around plants you want the deer to avoid. Very successful until it rains; then the smelly solution must be reapplied.

how long after the “purchase by” date are the eggs still good to consume?

After having eggs in the refrigerator can they be taken out to transport on a 10 hour trip? With out keeping them on ice that is.

According to this site, it is safe to eat refrigerated eggs 4 to 5 weeks after the sell-by date…

http://www.statpub.com/open/94948.html

I don’t have an answer, but am about to eat some eggs that had a sell by date of Sept. 26. They have been refrigerated. Wish me luck! will let you know!

After the eggs reach home, they may be refrigerated 3 to 5 weeks from the day they are placed in the refrigerator. The “sell-by” date will usually expire during that length of time, but the eggs are perfectly safe to use.

I didn’t know this. I guess I’ve been throwing out eggs unnecessarily. I never seem to eat the eggs soon enough. At least, that’s what I used to think.

this will sound pretty gross but i just used my refrigerated eggs with a sell by date of 7/17/09 in my banana bread recipe and so far so good. If you don’t hear form me that means all is well with my 3.5 month past sell by date eggs.