HDR1012000150010606951500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150010606951500Egg Products Narrative                                 
                                                                                
Released June 6, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to     
inspection totals for April 1995.                                               
                                                                                
                       Shell Eggs Broken Down 4 Percent                         
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 111 million dozen during April 1995, down 4 percent   
from the 116 million dozen broken during April a year ago.  Regional percentage 
changes were:  North Atlantic, down 10; North Central, down 2; South Atlantic,  
down 2; South Central, down 5; and Western, down 8.                             
                                                                                
April 1995 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays, compared to April 1994     
which contained 21 weekdays and five Saturdays.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 215 million pounds 
during April 1995, down 4 percent from the 223 million processed a year ago.    
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.09 million pounds, down 6 percent     
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
April totaled 143 million pounds, down 4 percent from the April 1994 production 
of 149 million pounds.                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during April, at 30.7 million pounds, was down  
16 percent from the 36.6 million pounds produced during April 1994.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during April was 11.5 million pounds, a decrease 
of 3 percent from a year ago.                                                   
                                                                                
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the      
Agricultural Marketing Service.                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
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For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870.  Office hours are          
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.                                                      
                                                                                
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HDR2012000150010606951500Shell Eggs Broken                                      
                                                                                
              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region                
                       and United States, April 1994-95                         
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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 ----------------  
April 1995        :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   18,414    16,854     4,570     2,401    23,825     1,593  
  N Central       :   67,928    48,437    26,381    14,262    89,080     6,570  
  S Atlantic      :    8,122     3,647     4,179     2,079     9,905       924  
  S Central       :    9,086     5,078     3,872     2,059    11,009     1,100  
  West            :    7,463     5,957     2,240     1,002     9,199       638  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  111,013    79,973    41,242    21,803   143,018    10,825  
                  :                                                             
April 1994        :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   20,368    20,117     4,945     2,177    27,239     1,871  
  N Central       :   69,143    46,935    28,903    15,865    91,703     6,284  
  S Atlantic      :    8,325     3,955     4,222     2,244    10,421     1,189  
  S Central       :    9,559     6,255     3,648     1,829    11,732     1,053  
  West            :    8,120     6,371     2,396     1,333    10,100       698  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  115,515    83,633    44,114    23,448   151,195    11,095  
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HDR2012000150010606951500Inspected Liquid Eggs                                  
                                                                                
             Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added                
                in Processing, United States, April 1994-95 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                         
April 1995         :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  85,179    43,594    56,692    13,324    15,760   214,549  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,391       154         0     1,544     7,089  
                   :                                                            
April 1994         :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  87,563    43,354    60,768    14,457    17,319   223,461  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,865       109         0     1,591     7,565  
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           Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,              
                      United States, April 1994-95 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                         
April 1995         :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  33,330    26,233     8,934    1,484    7,502      77,483  
    For Processing :  30,098     6,383    19,848    6,482    2,241      65,052  
    Total          :  63,428    32,616    28,782    7,966    9,743     142,535  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  12,395     9,290     3,656    1,049    4,307      30,697  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   2,266     2,599     3,058    1,926    1,604      11,453  
                   :                                                            
April 1994         :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  27,371    25,124     9,540    2,049    8,171      72,255  
    For Processing :  35,687     6,569    24,289    7,528    2,226      76,299  
    Total          :  63,058    31,693    33,829    9,577   10,397     148,554  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  14,153    11,335     4,728      488    5,881      36,585  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   2,715     2,389     3,248    1,977    1,468      11,797  
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150010606951500Egg Products Inspected                                 
                                                                                
      Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,         
                 United States, October 1 - April 30, 1994-95                   
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                                        :                 Period                
                                        :-------------------------------------- 
                   Item                 :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-    
                                        :   Apr 30, 1994    :   Apr 30, 1995    
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                                        :              1,000 Dozen              
                                        :                                       
Shell Eggs Broken                       :      767,188             831,551      
                                        :                                       
                                        :              1,000 Pounds             
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                       
  Whole                                 :      551,915             585,582      
  White                                 :      287,001             318,304      
  Yolk                                  :      151,572             164,820      
                                        :                                       
  Total                                 :      990,488           1,068,706      
                                        :                                       
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       71,938              80,629      
                                        :                                       
During Processing                       :                                       
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,462,098           1,605,356      
  Ingredients Added in Processing       :       47,165              54,160      
                                        :                                       
Product Produced for Immediate          :                                       
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                       
  Liquid Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      414,861             455,199      
    Whole Blends                        :      190,428             224,994      
    White                               :      214,603             230,022      
    Yolk Plain                          :       61,368              74,389      
    Yolk Blends                         :       64,785              70,216      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      946,045           1,054,820      
                                        :                                       
  Frozen Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      109,631              99,955      
    Whole Blends                        :       70,702              72,415      
    White                               :       25,210              28,429      
    Yolk Plain                          :        3,335               1,636      
    Yolk Blends                         :       40,891              43,006      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      249,769             245,441      
                                        :                                       
  Dried Product Produced                :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :       16,068              16,249      
    Whole Blends                        :       16,075              18,631      
    White                               :       20,621              25,825      
    Yolk Plain                          :       12,293              14,336      
    Yolk Blends                         :        8,499              10,848      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :       73,556              85,889      
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150010606951500Reliability                                            
                                                                                
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                 
July 6, 1995.                                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
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