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Jean B.[_1_]

Nancy Young wrote:
> On 1/31/2015 7:49 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:35 -0500, wrote:
>>
>>> Is it my imagination or are eggs getitng smaller? I have always
>>> bought jumbo
>>> size eggs as opposed to extra large. It seems lately that the eggs
>>> are smaller
>>> than they used to be. Is this possible? Wouldn't size of eggs be
>>> regulated by
>>> some government agency? Dept. of Agriculture or some such.
>>
>> Graded by weight. X-Large must be 2.25 ounces or more. They are 1/4
>> ounce increments. Maybe your hands are getting bigger.
>
> I noticed it with the newer, more nutritious eggs, they must
> be heavier because they are smaller. I never bought extra
> large, as a rule, but I do now.
>
> nancy
>

The extra-large ones are more apt to be the size they were. I am
speaking of what is actually in the box, which seems NOT to go along
with what the law says.