During calendar year 2007 through December, shell eggs broken totaled 2 billion dozen, down 1 percent from the comparable period in 2006. To date, cumulative total edible product from eggs broken in 2007 was 2.61 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 2006.
Shell eggs broken down 2%
Shell eggs broken totaled 159 million dozen during December 2007, down 2 percent from a year earlier, and slightly below the 160 million broken in November, according to USDA’s Jan. 31 Egg Products report.
February 5, 2008