Cal-Maine Foods to acquire Fassio Egg Farms

Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation’s largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs, has acquired substantially all the assets related to the commercial shell egg production and processing business of Fassio Egg Farms Inc., headquartered in West Valley City. Fassio’s egg farm is located in Erda in Tooele County, and has a current capacity of approximately 1.2 million primarily cage-free laying hens, a feed mill, pullets, a fertilizer production facility and a composting operation.

The companies expect to close the transaction in the next few weeks, subject to customary closing conditions. No financial details were disclosed.

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