Antibiotic Residue

When antibiotics are used as directed by the FDA, it’s highly unlikely that there will be antibiotic residue in eggs. The government tests animal-based agricultural products to make sure that any medicines used on the farm don’t pose a risk to human health, and over the past several years, there have been zero antibiotics used to treat disease in U.S. laying hens found in all the tests performed on eggs.12,13