Pou 2-5  (9-03)




Egg
Products

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released September 8, 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 3 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 163 million dozen during July 2003, down 3
percent from July a year ago.

July 2003 contained 23 weekdays, one holiday and four Saturdays, the same
as July 2002.

During calendar year 2003, shell eggs broken totaled 1.05 billion dozen,
down 4 percent from the 1.09 billion dozen broken in 2002.  Total edible
liquid from eggs broken in 2003 was 1.34 billion pounds, down 3 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, July 2002-03
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                                        :           Period            :  2003
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :   Jul 2002   :   Jul 2003   :  2002
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                                        :   ----- 1,000 Dozen ----      Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :   168,232        163,488         97
                                        :   ---- 1,000 Pounds ----      Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :   129,567        131,757        102
  White                                 :    50,651         49,935         99
  Yolk                                  :    26,978         25,392         94
                                        :
  Total                                 :   207,196        207,084        100
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    19,619         19,437         99
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              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, Cumulative,
                      United States, January-July, 2002-03
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                                        :           Period            :  2003
             Inspected Item             :-----------------------------: as % of
                                        :Jan-Jul, 2002 :Jan-Jul, 2003 :  2002
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                                        :  ------ 1,000 Dozen -----     Percent
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :  1,086,576      1,045,675        96
                                        :  ----- 1,000 Pounds -----     Percent
                                        :
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :    840,844        845,662       101
  White                                 :    348,427        318,372        91
  Yolk                                  :    189,694        171,135        90
                                        :
  Total                                 :  1,378,965      1,335,169        97
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :    134,384        126,226        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 October
6, 2003.


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