county egg farm owned by jack decoster whose violations of health, safety, pollution, and animal cruelty laws go back decades. decoster supplied chicks and feed to hillandale farms which is also recalling millions of eggs. inspectors aren't sure how the hens themselves became infected, but one sure way to eliminate salmonella is through pasturization, an hour-long bath in which eggs are heated but not cooked. >> we can pass enough heat through the egg to kill bacteria or viruses inside and yet not change the flavor, the performance characteristics of the egg. >> reporter: only about 1% of america's eggs are pasturized adding about 50 cents to the price of a dozen. many people say it does change the taste of an egg. still, the cdc supports pasturization. >> we think this is a good personal food safety and public health food safety approach. >> reporter: this egg recall is