Pou 2-5  (6-02)
 
 
 
 
Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released June 3, 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 9 Percent
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 158 million dozen during April 2002, up 9 percent
from April a year ago.
 
April 2002 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays, compared to 21 weekdays
and four Saturdays in April 2001.  The Easter Holiday occurred in March 2002,
but occurred in April last year.
 
During calendar year 2002, shell eggs broken totaled 590 million dozen, up 3
percent from the 571 billion dozen broken in 2001.  Total edible liquid from
eggs broken in 2002 was 753 million pounds, up 4 percent from 2001.
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected,
                          United States, April 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Apr 2001   :   Apr 2002   :  2001
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   144,727        157,666        109
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   111,164        125,043        112
  White                                 :    47,932         50,717        106
  Yolk                                  :    25,943         27,330        105
                                        :
  Total                                 :   185,039        203,090        110
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    17,342         19,789        114
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                      United States, January-April, 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Apr, 2001 :Jan-Apr, 2002 :  2001
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   570,680        589,931        103
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   433,026        458,164        106
  White                                 :   189,335        191,303        101
  Yolk                                  :   104,498        103,227         99
                                        :
  Total                                 :   726,859        752,694        104
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    70,155         75,097        107
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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 July 3, 2002.
 
 
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