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Egg

Products

National

Agricultural

Statistics

Service

USDA

Washington, D.C.

Released January 12, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

For information on “Egg Products” call Tom Kruchten (202) 690-4870, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

Shell Eggs Broken Up 7 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 133 million dozen during November 1998, up 7 percent

from November a year ago. Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up

11; North Central, up 5; South Atlantic, up 16, South Central, up 2; and

Western, up 14.

November 1998 contained 21 weekdays including two holidays and four Saturdays

compared to 20 weekdays including two holidays and five Saturdays in November

1997. 

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

was used. 
Egg Products Agricultural Statistics Board

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 Shell Eggs Broken: Federally Inspected, by Region

 and United States, November 1997-98

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 : : Form in Which Broken :

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 Month and : Eggs : Edible Liquid :Inedible

 Region : Broken :--------------------------------------: Liquid

 : : Whole : White : Yolk : Total : 

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 :1,000 Dozen ---------------- 1,000 Pounds ----------------

 November 1998 :

 N Atlantic : 23,351 25,190 2,850 1,788 29,828 2,027

 N Central : 87,006 65,292 30,086 16,320 111,698 10,103

 S Atlantic : 8,582 5,204 3,351 1,606 10,161 1,159

 S Central : 6,512 5,109 1,772 784 7,665 906

 West : 7,323 5,285 1,960 1,221 8,466 695

 :

 US : 132,774 106,080 40,019 21,719 167,818 14,890

 :

 November 1997 :

 N Atlantic : 20,965 21,052 3,880 1,598 26,530 1,780

 N Central : 82,579 60,577 29,370 14,624 104,571 8,778

 S Atlantic : 7,385 4,286 3,545 1,473 9,304 816

 S Central : 6,398 4,359 2,408 1,084 7,851 889

 West : 6,412 4,718 1,949 779 7,446 487

 :

 US : 123,739 94,992 41,152 19,558 155,702 12,750

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 Egg Products Inspected: Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,

 United States, January 1 - November 30, 1997-98 1/

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 : Period 

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 Item : Jan 1, 1997- : Jan 1, 1998-

 : Nov 30, 1997 : Nov 30, 1998

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 : 1,000 Dozen 

 :

 Shell Eggs Broken : 1,452,258 1,503,012

 :

 : 1,000 Pounds 

 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken :

 Whole : 1,092,432 1,152,219

 White : 502,956 478,648

 Yolk : 253,741 253,552

 :

 Total : 1,849,129 1,844,419

 :

 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken : 145,056 167,583

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 1/ Beginning with the December 3, 1998 publication the dates in this

 cummulative table went from fiscal year to calendar year. 
Egg Products Agricultural Statistics Board

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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 80 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.

 

Regional Listing:

North Atlantic = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT.

North Central = IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI.

South Atlantic = DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, PR, SC, VA, WV.

South Central = AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX.

West = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY. 
The next “Egg Products” report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on February 3, 1999.

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