I guess no one knows which part(s) of the egg is/are contaminated: The outer or inner shell, the membrane, the yolk, or the white.

"Store Brands" are nothing but a fraud on consumers.

Why are stores in California buying eggs from Iowa? Don't we have plenty of chickens here that are laying eggs that we have to buy outside of the state?

When will we as a country/ society/ culture wake up and realize that factory farmed food is wrong. Wrong on every level.
"I grew up eating eggs, eggs are fine!"
You didn't grow up eating these eggs. These eggs come from genetically engineered chickens, eating genetically engineered corn, laced with antibiotics and growth hormones. There are literally millions of chickens in these mega-farms, so most all of these chickens are never seen by a human for more than a sweeping glance over a massive room full of them. Machines do all the work- they hatch the chicks, clip off their wings (without anesthesia of course), move them through various parts of the factory as they pass through life stages, give them shots, monitor their body temperature checking for infections and disease, feed them, clean their feces, gather their eggs and eventually kill them when they no longer produce up to standards. Once in a while, they allow the shells to come in contact with feces, contaminating them with salmonella and other pathogens. Humans didn't see it and don't know about it, because the few humans in that factory are sitting in an air conditioned office watching it all happen on a wall full of video monitors. This is factory farming, all so you can save a $ or two with your club card, and their profits are ensured.

Note that no where in any of this reporting about the salmonella outbreak, is any specificity about how it happened, how the eggs became contaminated- no photos from the egg factory. Did the feces cleaning machine malfunction so the chickens wallowed in their own crap and contaminated the eggs? Did a hose break? Machine operator fell asleep on the job and forgot to throw a switch? They don't want you to know or see. If you knew, you'd stop buying them.

This is about as far away from eating a farm raised egg from a farmer that knows and cares, as eating a rock.
Eggs contain a lot of cholesterol and saturated fat, so no one should be eating a lot- no more than a few a week. At this low level, is it really breaking the bank to spend a few more dollars to buy locally grown, free rage farm raised, monitored by a human eggs from real chickens?

These huge farms and supermarket chains are taking advantage of peoples' ignorance about the food supply- how it's grown, the shortcuts taken to ensure their profit, and the huge difference in healthfulness and nutrition between these foods and the foods that were produced as little as a decade or two ago.

Go to Europe, Go to Japan. Eat an egg over there. The difference in flavor and healthfulness of those eggs compared to American factory eggs will absolutely shock you. If you're over 40, it might remind you of what you ate as as kid. Most all of the factory farming nonsense that's standard operating procedure here in the US is illegal elsewhere in the world. Why? Because Americans are largely ignorant of where their food comes from, they assume an egg is an egg, a steak is a steak, salmon is salmon, etc. so they not only allow it, they support it, by buying that crap.
The media will not inform and protect you. Government is in collusion with the factory farms, and indeed support them with beneficial tax policies. It's up to you as an individual to be informed and make good choices.
Use your internet connection, do some research and open your eyes. Never buy cheap, unhealthful factory farmed food again.

Interestingly enough - because I'm a "Rewards" card recipient - I received a phone call late Sunday afternoon from Ralph's grocery warning me of the recall .

I was impressed that they actually used their database for practical purposes.

Thanks Ralph's.

Let's remember this is no reason to panic. Salmonella lives on the egg shells; it is simply cross-contamination from chicken feces; and it is killed by heat. If a contaminated egg is either boiled or cooked thoroughly, the bacteria will be killed.

So I guess with so many eggs being pulled from the market the end result is going to be higher prices. The consumer didn't cause the problem, but will be penalized anyway. Wish there was away to make the souce of the problem pay fees to offset the price increases.

What about fresh eggs from your local Farmer's Market? Best eggs for my money, they are reasonably priced and you keep money in the local economy.

@JA

Right on!
It's the honest truth, wake up America!