HDR1012000150010304961500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150010304961500Egg Products Narrative                                 
                                                                                
Released March 4, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service         
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Egg Products" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office       
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                  Shell Eggs Broken Up 1 Percent                                
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 118 million dozen during January 1996, up 1 percent   
from January a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up  
7; North Central, up 6; South Atlantic, down 17; South Central, down 28; and    
Western, down 4.                                                                
                                                                                
January 1996 contained 23 weekdays (including two holidays) and four            
Saturdays,  compared to 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four           
Saturdays in January 1995.                                                      
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 225 million        
pounds during January 1996, up slightly from January the previous year.         
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.65 million pounds, up 7 percent from  
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during January totaled 158 million pounds, up 11 percent from the January 1995  
production of 143 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during January, at 32.3 million pounds, was     
down  11 percent from the 36.1 million pounds produced during January 1995.     
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during January was 9.70 million pounds, a        
decrease of 24 percent from a year ago.                                         
                                                                                
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the      
Food Safety and Inspection Service.                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 2-5 (3-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                       and United States, January 1995-96                       
                                                                                
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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 ---------------- 
 January 1996      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,879    18,686     5,434     2,597    26,717     1,788 
   N Central       :   76,255    55,721    28,074    14,513    98,308     7,416 
   S Atlantic      :    6,920     4,335     2,688     1,407     8,430       928 
   S Central       :    7,086     5,594     2,357     1,223     9,174       715 
   West            :    7,255     5,091     2,359     1,237     8,687       626 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  118,395    89,427    40,912    20,977   151,316    11,473 
                   :                                                            
 January 1995      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   19,475    17,015     5,475     2,698    25,188     1,761 
   N Central       :   72,120    49,873    28,281    15,594    93,748     6,936 
   S Atlantic      :    8,308     4,587     4,028     1,658    10,273       960 
   S Central       :    9,781     5,852     4,164     2,160    12,176     1,339 
   West            :    7,578     5,993     2,326     1,070     9,389       654 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  117,262    83,320    44,274    23,180   150,774    11,650 
                                                                                
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, January 1995-96 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                        
 January 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  91,668    49,238    56,709    11,733    16,064   225,412 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,986       137         0     1,522     7,645 
                    :                                                           
 January 1995       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  84,280    45,414    62,843    14,660    17,771   224,968 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,276       110         0     1,749     7,135 
                                                                                
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, January 1995-96 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                        
 January 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  28,759    28,573    10,748    1,289    8,231      77,600 
     For Processing :  42,969     6,536    21,377    7,380    2,632      80,894 
     Total          :  71,728    35,109    32,125    8,669   10,863     158,494 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,745    10,737     3,295       93    4,469      32,339 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,584     3,164     2,576    1,337    1,029       9,690 
                    :                                                           
 January 1995       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  26,369    20,936     8,805    1,091    7,092      64,293 
     For Processing :  36,257     7,329    22,603    9,575    2,731      78,495 
     Total          :  62,626    28,265    31,408   10,666    9,823     142,788 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,549    12,191     3,447       59    6,888      36,134 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,178     3,644     3,843    1,776    1,317      12,758 
                                                                                
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 1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                    
 2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,        
                 United States, October 1 - January 31, 1995-96                 
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :------------------------------------- 
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Jan 31, 1995    :   Jan 31, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      481,987             468,843     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      341,337             357,678     
   White                                 :      182,534             161,135     
   Yolk                                  :       94,034              80,910     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      617,905             599,723     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       46,376              46,884     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      925,702             912,325     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       29,978              29,720     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      260,293             303,795     
     Whole Blends                        :      124,169             147,121     
     White                               :      128,883             123,761     
     Yolk Plain                          :       44,466              31,965     
     Yolk Blends                         :       40,325              41,266     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      598,136             647,908     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       62,173              56,460     
     Whole Blends                        :       45,124              45,158     
     White                               :       17,336              14,830     
     Yolk Plain                          :          479                 449     
     Yolk Blends                         :       22,906              17,824     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      148,018             134,721     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :        9,591               7,519     
     Whole Blends                        :       11,221               9,068     
     White                               :       15,387              10,266     
     Yolk Plain                          :        8,045               5,784     
     Yolk Blends                         :        6,285               3,656     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       50,529              36,293     
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 1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                    
 2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
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.                              
                                                                                
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, 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 April 4, 1996.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
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