Pou 2-5  (1-03)
 
 
 
 
Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released January 16, 2003, 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 1 Percent
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 150 million dozen during November 2002, down 1
percent from November a year ago.
 
November 2002 contained 21 weekdays, five Saturdays and two holidays,
compared to 22 weekdays, four Saturdays and two holidays in November
2001.
 
During calendar year 2002, shell eggs broken totaled 1.73 billion dozen,
up 3 percent from the 1.68 billion dozen broken in 2001.  Total edible
liquid from eggs broken in 2002 was 2.19 billion pounds, up 3 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, November 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Nov 2001   :   Nov 2002   :  2001
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   151,679        149,902         99
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   116,395        121,197        104
  White                                 :    48,330         41,116         85
  Yolk                                  :    25,385         22,838         90
                                        :
  Total                                 :   190,110        185,151         97
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    18,495         17,585         95
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                    United States, January-November, 2001-02
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                                        :           Period            :  2002
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Nov, 2001 :Jan-Nov, 2002 :  2001
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                                        :  ------ 1,000 Dozen -----     Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :  1,682,166      1,731,078       103
                                        :  ----- 1,000 Pounds -----     Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :  1,277,260      1,348,965       106
  White                                 :    553,857        542,615        98
  Yolk                                  :    295,120        295,017       100
                                        :
  Total                                 :  2,126,237      2,186,597       103
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    204,551        211,711       104
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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
10, 2003.
 
 
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