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.
 
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                       and United States, November 1997-98
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                   :           :         Form in Which Broken         :
                   :           :--------------------------------------:
     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
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    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.
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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(TDD). USDA is an equal employment opportunity employer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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