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

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[–] 59 points 3 months ago (8 children)

They can’t just say “over 19 million eggs” instead of “nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs”?

Especially when the article photo shows a carton of six eggs instead of a dozen?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Saying it in dozens reduces the perceived impact I guess... They want less egg on their face it seems.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    And then showing a photo of a half-carton further reduces the perceived impact.

    As well as being able to use the modifier “nearly” instead of “over”.

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