Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) 10-K 2023 FY Annual report

Exhibit 31.1

Certification

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Sherman L. Miller, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact

necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not

misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in

all material respects the financial condition, results of operations andcash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods

presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and

procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as

defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed

under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated

subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is

being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be

designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the

preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our

conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this

report based on such evaluation; and

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the

registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarterin the case of an annual report) that has

materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting;

and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over

financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’sboard of directors (or persons

performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial

reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report

financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the

registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Sherman L. Miller

Sherman L. Miller

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:

July 25, 2023