Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group

Lamb Ratios
Fresh: (90% x 51.5%) + (46.7% of 48.5%) = 69%
Frozen: (10% x 51.5%) + (53.3% of 48.5%) = 31%
Assumptions and Data:
For 2009:
1. 51.5% of the lamb consumed in the U.S. was produced domestically; 48.5% of the lamb consumed
in the U.S. was imported.
Source: Data provided by ERS/USDA via email, September 8, 2010, based on USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service and US
department of Commerce, Foreign Trade Statistics .
2. Approximately 90% of domestically produced lamb was fresh and 10% was frozen.
Source: Telephone conversation with American Lamb Board September 1, 2010 .
3. Approximately 53.3% of the lamb/mutton imported to the U.S was frozen; 46.7% was fresh/chilled.
Source: Data provided by ERS/USDA via email, September 8, 2010, based on US Department of Commerce, U .S . Census Bureau,
Foreign Trade Statistics .
Turkey Ratios
Fresh/chilled……………………………………………– 63%
Frozen…………………………………………………..– 37%
Sources:
U.S.
2009 FI, Certified slaughter – chilled – 3,556,427,000 lbs.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services. Quick Stats. Available: http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
results/5D85F1A7-253E-39F2-9C83-A395A74686A8. Accessed 9/8/10.
2009 FI, Certified slaughter – frozen – 2,105,972,000 lbs.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services. Quick Stats. Available: http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
results/0240AB6E-6F98-3100-9D00-EA881E83E420. Accessed 9/8/10.
2009 FI, Certified slaughter (chilled & frozen) – 5,662,399,000 lbs.
Source: USDA Ntional Agricultural Statistics Services. Quick Stats. Available: http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
results/6127ED36-0659-34D2-871A-656F86FC447F. Accessed 9/8/10.
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