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The first published account of fake eggs appeared in June 2003 about a consumer in Beijing unwittingly purchasing a bag of fake eggs in a food market. Although the eggs looked like real ones, when the eggs were cooked they gave off a chemical smell. The egg yoke dispersing too quickly when mixed with the egg white and being too pale. Upon closer examination by the National Bureau of Industry and Commerce the eggs were found to be made from chemicals. In a short article in Xinhua News on 28 December 2004. Where it is alleged that a mobile street vendor sold a Handan resident an egg that did not cook properly. Upon further examination by the authorities the egg turned out to be made from calcium carbonate, starch, resin, gelatin and other chemical products.

Internet Journal of Toxicology published a story in 2007 about fake eggs that was withdrawn as it was "published online by mistake." As of August 2007 when hoax-slayer.com published an article on this topic they could find no credible reports confirming the existence of fake eggs being sold on a large scale in China. Leading them to conclude that it is a hoax. However other publications and article refute this and state that many sources in China have confirmed their existence.

In April 2009 39Net, a popular Chinese website, an article was posted on how to identify and make fake eggs. The article was republished in English on China Hush the following month.