From CDC:
 
> Can I become infected with the bird flu by consuming eggs or other
> poultry products from infected birds?
>
> There is no evidence that anyone has been infected with the Asian
> bird flu or other bird flu virus by eating properly cooked eggs or
> other cooked poultry products derived from infected birds. Cooking
> food to 160 degrees Fahrenheit (71 degrees Celsius) will kill bird
> flu virus if it is present. Nearly all of the more than 100 human
> cases of the Asian bird flu that have been diagnosed recently in
> Asia have had direct contact with infected chickens, ducks, turkeys,
> their environment.  This suggests that close contact with infected
> birds has been the primary route of transmission for the Asian bird
> flu infections, rather than eating food derived from infected birds.
 
> Although strains of bird flu virus like the Asian bird flu that
> cause severe disease in poultry can result in the contamination of
> egg shells and the inside of the egg (the yolk and albumen or the
> egg white), hens with severe bird flu usually stop laying eggs, so
> few contaminated eggs are likely to be marketed. Furthermore, the
> U. S. government has taken steps to prevent infected birds or their
> products, including their eggs, from entering the U.S. food supply.
 
is only one of the questions answered in
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/avfluqa.html
 
and it also contains a lot of links
 
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[Posted in FML issue 5179]