Pou 2-5  (10-02)
 
 
 
 
Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released October 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 Down Slightly
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 166 million dozen during August 2002, down slightly
from August a year ago.
 
August 2002 contained 22 weekdays and five Saturdays compared to 23 weekdays
and four Saturdays in August 2001.
 
During calendar year 2002, shell eggs broken totaled 1.25 billion dozen, up 4
percent from the 1.20 billion dozen broken in 2001.  Total edible liquid from
eggs broken in 2002 was 1.59 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, August 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Aug 2001   :   Aug 2002   :  2001
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   166,989        166,193        100
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   127,279        132,181        104
  White                                 :    52,877         48,358         91
  Yolk                                  :    27,153         26,247         97
                                        :
  Total                                 :   207,309        206,786        100
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    19,874         20,413        103
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                     United States, January-August, 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Aug, 2001 :Jan-Aug, 2002 :  2001
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                                        :  ------ 1,000 Dozen -----     Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :  1,204,788      1,252,769       104
                                        :  ----- 1,000 Pounds -----     Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :    913,520        973,025       107
  White                                 :    397,281        396,785       100
  Yolk                                  :    212,969        215,941       101
                                        :
  Total                                 :  1,523,770      1,585,751       104
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    146,235        154,797       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 November 4,
2002.
 
 
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