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Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released January 14, 2002, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For
information on "Egg Products" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office
hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
 
 
                 Shell Eggs Broken Up 1 Percent
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 152 million dozen during November 2001, up 1 percent
from November a year ago.
 
November 2001 contained 22 weekdays, two holidays and four Saturdays, the same
as November 2000.
 
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the
Food Safety and Inspection Service.  The best available data at time of
publication were used.
 
As of August 2001, publication of regional data was discontinued due to data
disclosure concerns.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected,
                         United States, November 2000-01
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                                         :                Period
              Inspected Item             :--------------------------------------
                                         :     Nov 2000      :     Nov 2001
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                                         :             1,000 Dozen
                                         :
Shell Eggs Broken                        :      149,765            151,679
                                         :
                                         :             1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken     :
  Whole                                  :      119,228            116,395
  White                                  :       46,830             48,330
  Yolk                                   :       25,401             25,385
                                         :
  Total                                  :      191,459            190,110
                                         :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken   :       18,299             18,495
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                    United States, January-November, 2000-01
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                                         :                Period
              Inspected Item             :--------------------------------------
                                         :   Jan-Nov, 2000   :  Jan-Nov, 2001
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                                         :             1,000 Dozen
                                         :
Shell Eggs Broken                        :     1,681,547          1,682,166
                                         :
                                         :             1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken     :
  Whole                                  :     1,277,493          1,277,260
  White                                  :       558,384            553,857
  Yolk                                   :       294,589            295,120
                                         :
  Total                                  :     2,130,466          2,126,237
                                         :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken   :       194,434            204,551
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Data Sources:
Data for the "Egg Products" report are obtained from Grading
Volume Reports (Form PY-240) completed by inspectors of the Egg Products
Inspection Division, Food Safety and Inspection  Service (FSIS), USDA.  FSIS
is responsible for administering a mandatory inspection program for egg
products under the authority of the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970.  The
Act and its associated Regulations require that all commercial egg breaking
and processing plants operate under continuous USDA supervision.  Reports are
currently received from approximately 75 plants.  Plant management provides
monthly volume data to the resident USDA inspector at the applicable plant.
 
Procedures and Reliability:
FSIS reviews plant data for accuracy and completeness and provides NASS a data
file.  NASS reviews the data for unusual values.  The egg products estimates
are based on a census of all commercial egg breaking and processing plants,
therefore, there are no statistical estimation and sampling errors.
 
 
 
The next "Egg Products" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on February 5,
2002.
 
 
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