A Safe and Cheap Technology for the Disinfection of Packaged Eggs Written by AZoCleantechApr 5 2021 Scientists from Russia have designed a safe and cheap packaged egg surface disinfection technology. This technology helps destroy bacteria, such as salmonella, present on eggshells. The cost of irradiation of plastic packaging for 10 eggs was 1.2 eurocents. Image Credit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. Moreover, it enables the rearing of broiler chickens with powerful immunity to viral diseases. Packed eggs are disinfected with a 50-ns (one-billionth of 1 second) electron beam in plastic containers. The technology has been explained in a paper published in the Food and Bioproducts Processing journal.