Reply To: Why do regular ol’ chicken eggs need a hechsher?

Whether or not eggs need hashgacha (they don’t), the more products carry the hashgacha, the better it is for the Yidden. This is common sense. For one, if I am opening a food related business and I see that 75% of the market carries a particular certification then I will want it too. Second, if a hashgacha company can charge an egg distributor a half of a penny per carton for the hashgacha then the money that comes in from something like that can offset the high cost associated with a hashgacha on a product made in Peru or Indonesia that receives a hechsher from that same hashgacha. So we can chuckle about it but we only have to gain from eggs having hashgacha.