US egg firm Cal-Maine Foods has given its chairman Fred Adams emeritus status following his decision to step down from the role for health reasons.

Cal-Maine said Adams will be named chairman emeritus in recognition of his long service and role as founder of the company. He will also no longer be on the Cal-Maine board.

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President and CEO Dolph Baker has succeeded Adams as chairman. COO Sherman Miller has been elected to the vacant seat on the board and will fill Adams’s unexpired term.

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