would you feed a show dog processed/pasteurized food? of course not. you want their coats, skin, eyes, everything looking great.
so why do humans put garbage in our bodies? makes no sense. I am not against processed junky foods like egg whites off the shelves, things like that help feed billions of poor people globally. but as an ATHLETE trying to look and feel your best it is completely ridiculous to say that processed foods as long as they 'fit your macros' is the same as whole foods. the reason people believe that is food company marketing, that is all. and fitness isn't just about being lean, i just ran into a crackhead yesterday with a white face begging for money. i gave him $5 and told him to go buy some food. he was skinny as a rail. guess what he went and bought? mcdonalds. and still skinny as a rail but dying inside. counting your macros as a skinny dude will help you stay skinny but it won't help you with everything else.
as far as food borne illness you should never buy low quality eggs from chickens that are in close quarters in cages or barns. that is where the salmonella is from. these chickens are sick and miserable.. you buy eggs from a place where the chickens are running around pecking, eating things out in nature and in the sunshine. no different then buying fish from china aquariums that haven't been cleaned in years that are swimming in their own feces, vs. catching your own wild fish in the clean ocean. know where your food comes from and you won't have that issue.