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Egg
Products
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released May 6, 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.
 
 
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                        Update Alert
 
 
  The Egg Products report released on May 6, 2003 is being reissued
  because data was incorrectly labeled March 2002.    Data for
  Shell Eggs Broken, Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken, and
  Inedible  Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken has been corrected for
  March 2002.
 
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               Shell Eggs Broken Up 1 Percent
 
Shell eggs broken totaled 142 million dozen during March 2003, up 1
percent from March a year ago.
 
March 2003 contained 21 weekdays and five Saturdays, the same as March
2002.
 
During calendar year 2003, shell eggs broken totaled 429 million dozen,
down 1 percent from the 432 million dozen broken in 2002.  Total edible
liquid from eggs broken in 2003 was 546 million pounds, down 1 percent
from 2002.
 
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, March 2002-03
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                                        :           Period            :  2003
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Mar 2002   :   Mar 2003   :  2002
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   140,765        142,471        101
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   112,641        120,532        107
  White                                 :    43,107         41,501         96
  Yolk                                  :    23,582         22,572         96
                                        :
  Total                                 :   179,330        184,605        103
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    17,635         17,493         99
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                      United States, January-March, 2002-03
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                                        :           Period            :  2003
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Mar, 2002 :Jan-Mar, 2003 :  2002
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   432,265        428,656         99
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   333,121        345,082        104
  White                                 :   140,586        130,017         92
  Yolk                                  :    75,897         71,114         94
                                        :
  Total                                 :   549,604        546,213         99
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    55,308         52,197         94
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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 June 5,
2003.
 
 
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