U. S. Department of Agriculture                             October 25, 1999
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Agricultural Statistics Board
Washington, D. C.  20250


                             ERRATA
                                
"Cold Storage" [Co St 1 (10-99)] released October 20, 1999 should be changed as follows:

The revised August pork variety stocks data issued in the October 1999 Cold Storage release
have been revised because of data mis-classification.  Data reported as pork variety meat
should have actually been included as miscellaneous freezer stocks.

The correct data follow:


Page 5:        Stocks in Cold  Storage:  By Commodity, United States, September 1999 (Continued)


                             From:                 To:
                         1,000          Percent    1,000              Percent
       Item:             pounds     of         pounds      of
                                Aug 1999                         Aug 1999
                                               
Meat
  Frozen Pork
      Variety Meats - Aug 31, 1999      150,712    44            59,942    111


Meat
  Frozen Pork
  Total - Aug 31, 1999       528,847     82       438,077         99


Meat
  Total
  Total - Aug 31, 1999       931,098     80       840,320         89


Miscellaneous
  Freezer - Aug 31, 1999     1,989,513    97      2,080,282        93
  Total - Aug 31, 1999       2,713,383  119       2,804,152      115
  

Commodities
  Stored in Freezers - Aug 31, 1999     10,914,582 ---           10,914,581     ---
  Total - Aug 31, 1999       13,240,669 ---       13,240,668     ---

  



Brad Schwab, Secretary
Agricultural Statistics Board
Phone (202) 720-7017