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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Provides Update On Damage From Hurricane Katrina.


JACKSON, Miss. -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:CALM) today reported that the Company has not sustained any significant damage to any of its facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Florida. Cal-Maine has standby generators at all of its major production and processing facilities and did not experience any disruption in operations due to power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
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. However, the Company did have some minor disruptions in its business related to customer store closings and warehouse distribution delays.

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, chairman and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., stated: "We are pleased to report that we have not had any serious injuries or loss of life among our employees. We are also pleased that none of our facilities sustained any significant damage and our communications systems have returned to normal. All of our laying hens fared well through the storm and continued producing eggs with no disruption. Overall, we feel very fortunate to report minimal impact from Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  on our operations. We express our heartfelt sympathy and support to those in southern Mississippi and Louisiana who have experienced such catastrophic losses."

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packing and sale of fresh shell eggs. The Company, which is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat. As of the 2000 census Jackson's population was 184,256. , currently is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and sells the majority of its shell eggs in approximately 28 states across the southwestern, southeastern, mid-western and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties (contained in the Company's SEC filings) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. SEC filings may be obtained from the SEC or by contacting the Company.
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