HDR1012000150010203951500Egg Products
HDR2012000150010203951500Egg Products Narrative

Released February 3, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to
inspection totals for December 1994.


                        Shell Eggs Broken Up 9 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 119 million dozen during December 1994, up 9 percent
from the 109 million dozen broken during December a year ago.  Regional
percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, up 10; North Central, up 10; South
Atlantic, up 5; South Central, up 7; and Western, up 5.

December 1994 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays,
compared to December 1993 which contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays)
and four Saturdays.


Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 231 million pounds
during December 1994, up 11 percent from the 207 million processed a year ago.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.77 million pounds, up 21 percent from
a year ago.


Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during
December totaled 150 million pounds, up 14 percent from the December 1993
production of 132 million pounds.


Inspected frozen egg production during December, at 39.2 million pounds, was up
4 percent from the 37.5 million pounds produced during December 1993.


Inspected dried egg production during December was 12.1 million pounds, an
increase of 18 percent from a year ago.

Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the
Agricultural Marketing Service.


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HDR2012000150010203951500Shell Eggs Broken

               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                       and United States, December 1993-94

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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 ----------------
December 1994      :
  N Atlantic       :   21,801    19,919     5,828     2,693    28,440     1,806
  N Central        :   72,130    48,044    29,165    15,729    92,938     7,092
  S Atlantic       :    7,445     4,419     3,490     1,582     9,491       929
  S Central        :    8,948     5,661     3,779     1,917    11,357     1,172
  West             :    8,276     6,257     2,705     1,209    10,171       603
                   :
  US               :  118,600    84,300    44,967    23,130   152,397    11,602
                   :
December 1993      :
  N Atlantic       :   19,840    18,267     5,270     2,362    25,899     1,901
  N Central        :   65,389    43,050    26,987    14,890    84,927     5,653
  S Atlantic       :    7,102     3,981     3,504     1,593     9,078       912
  S Central        :    8,363     5,370     3,254     1,590    10,214       911
  West             :    7,886     6,089     2,147     1,074     9,310       648
                   :
  US               :  108,580    76,757    41,162    21,509   139,428    10,025
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HDR2012000150010203951500Inspected Liquid Eggs

              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
               in Processing, United States, December 1993-94 1/
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      Month and     :  Whole  :  Whole  :         :  Yolk   :  Yolk   :
        Item        :  Plain  :  Blends :  White  :  Plain  :  Blends :  Total
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds
December 1994       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  87,309    48,008    61,549    15,486    18,350   230,702
  Ingredients Added :       0     5,876       184         0     1,714     7,774
                    :
December 1993       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  81,619    39,552    55,921    13,695    16,501   207,288
  Ingredients Added :       0     4,768       104         0     1,576     6,448
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                     United States, December 1993-94 1/ 2/
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      Month and     :  Whole  :  Whole  :         :  Yolk   : Yolk    :
        Item        :  Plain  :  Blends :  White  :  Plain  : Blends  :  Total
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds
December 1994       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  27,402    25,964     8,010      887    7,401      69,664
    For Processing  :  35,440     9,183    22,600   10,252    2,684      80,159
    Total           :  62,842    35,147    30,610   11,139   10,085     149,823
                    :
  Frozen            :  17,046    10,368     5,339       82    6,366      39,201
                    :
  Dried             :   1,923     2,966     3,598    1,979    1,656      12,122
                    :
December 1993       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  25,372    20,174     9,393    1,228    7,406      63,573
    For Processing  :  30,634     6,808    19,968    8,636    1,985      68,031
    Total           :  56,006    26,982    29,361    9,864    9,391     131,604
                    :
  Frozen            :  19,008     8,558     3,725      614    5,630      37,535
                    :
  Dried             :   1,725     2,653     3,051    1,449    1,426      10,304
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.



HDR2012000150010203951500Egg Products Inspected

       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,
                United States, October 1 - December 31, 1993-94
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                                         :                 Period
                                         :-------------------------------------
                   Item                  :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-
                                         :   Dec 31, 1993    :   Dec 31, 1994
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen
                                         :
Shell Eggs Broken                        :      331,825             364,725
                                         :
                                         :              1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken     :
  Whole                                  :      239,002             258,017
  White                                  :      123,325             138,260
  Yolk                                   :       64,600              70,854
                                         :
  Total                                  :      426,927             467,131
                                         :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken   :       30,159              34,726
                                         :
During Processing                        :
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/               :      638,087             700,734
  Ingredients Added in Processing        :       19,465              22,843
                                         :
Product Produced for Immediate           :
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/        :
  Liquid Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :      182,861             197,667
    Whole Blends                         :       82,077              95,904
    White                                :       87,848              97,475
    Yolk Plain                           :       28,179              33,800
    Yolk Blends                          :       25,902              30,502
                                         :
    Total                                :      406,867             455,348
                                         :
  Frozen Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :       50,586              48,624
    Whole Blends                         :       29,844              32,933
    White                                :       10,783              13,889
    Yolk Plain                           :        1,384                 420
    Yolk Blends                          :       17,475              16,018
                                         :
    Total                                :      110,072             111,884
                                         :
  Dried Product Produced                 :
    Whole Plain                          :        6,685               7,413
    Whole Blends                         :        6,025               7,577
    White                                :        9,534              11,544
    Yolk Plain                           :        4,616               6,269
    Yolk Blends                          :        3,671               4,968
                                         :
    Total                                :       30,531              37,771
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.



HDR2012000150010203951500Reliability

Data Sources:  Data for the "Egg Products" report are obtained from Grading
               Volume Reports (Form PY-240) completed by inspectors of the
Poultry Division, Grading Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA.
AMS 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:  AMS 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.

Liquid eggs transported from one official plant to another for reprocessing
must be reinspected by the USDA inspector at the receiving plant.  Since the
volume is reported for each inspection performed, the total liquid eggs
inspected may exceed the actual total of liquid eggs produced.

Data in the "Inspected Product":  table are finished products available for
distribution in commerce.  The finished egg products (packaged for
distribution) may have been processed in a subsequent reporting period
following the period in which the eggs were reported as broken.  Therefore, the
data may not be comparable in any given month.



Regional Listing:


North Atlantic = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT.
North Central  = IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, OH, NE, ND, 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
March 3, 1995.


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