cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49842244

Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. is voluntarily recalling 1,589,577 dozen white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs produced in Texas.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Did someone think that putting “1.6 million dozen” in the headline actually makes the number somehow easier to comprehend? It’s over 19 million.

    • sqw
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      2 months ago

      you’re right that it doesn’t, but they come in dozens as the standard economic unit.

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Very true, somewhere nearby are crazy chicken people, they will have eggs from the most spoiled hens imaginable.

      (Source: am crazy chicken person)