Pou 2-5  (8-02)
 
 
 
 
Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released August 2, 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 3 Percent
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 160 million dozen during June 2002, up 3 percent
from June a year ago.
 
June 2002 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays compared to 21 weekdays and
five Saturdays in June 2001.
 
During calendar year 2002, shell eggs broken totaled 918 million dozen, up 4
percent from the 885 million dozen broken in 2001.  Total edible liquid from
eggs broken in 2002 was 1.17 billion 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, June 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Jun 2001   :   Jun 2002   :  2001
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   155,015        160,227        103
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   118,812        122,915        103
  White                                 :    50,397         51,716        103
  Yolk                                  :    26,461         28,593        108
                                        :
  Total                                 :   195,670        203,224        104
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    18,991         19,193        101
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                      United States, January-June, 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Jun, 2001 :Jan-Jun, 2002 :  2001
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                                        :  ------ 1,000 Dozen -----     Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :    884,533        918,344       104
                                        :  ----- 1,000 Pounds -----     Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :    670,749        711,277       106
  White                                 :    293,579        297,776       101
  Yolk                                  :    159,342        162,716       102
                                        :
  Total                                 :  1,123,670      1,171,769       104
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    107,808        114,765       106
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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 September 5,
2002.
 
 
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