HDR1012000150011004961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released October 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       
hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural      
statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS  
Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:  NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                 Shell Eggs Broken Down 2 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 129 million dozen during August 1996, down 2 percent  
from August a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic,      
down 4; North Central, up 3; South Atlantic, down 5; South Central, down 17;    
and Western, down 17.                                                           
                                                                                
August 1996 contained 22 weekdays and five Saturdays, compared to 23 weekdays   
and four Saturdays in August 1995.                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 251 million        
pounds during August 1996, up 2 percent from August the previous year.          
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.73 million pounds, up 2 percent from  
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during August totaled 179 million pounds, up 4 percent from the August 1995     
production of 172 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during August, at 34.1 million pounds, was      
down                                                                            
3 percent from the 35.3 million pounds produced during August 1995.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during August was 9.89 million pounds, a         
decrease of 2 percent from a year ago.                                          
                                                                                
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the      
Food Safety and Inspection Service.  The best available data at time of         
publication was used.                                                           
                                                                                
             Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region                 
                        and United States, August 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 ---------------- 
 August 1996       :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,375    19,551     5,278     2,081    26,910     1,802 
   N Central       :   83,561    62,106    30,884    15,206   108,196     8,206 
   S Atlantic      :    8,343     5,372     3,827     1,809    11,008     1,175 
   S Central       :    7,849     4,516     3,251     1,564     9,331       925 
   West            :    7,818     5,599     2,054     1,397     9,050       684 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  128,946    97,144    45,294    22,057   164,495    12,792 
                   :                                                            
 August 1995       :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,242    19,202     6,141     2,823    28,166     1,877 
   N Central       :   81,130    55,262    30,939    15,475   101,676     7,934 
   S Atlantic      :    8,772     5,233     3,806     1,966    11,005     1,011 
   S Central       :    9,501     5,651     3,147     1,489    10,287     1,276 
   West            :    9,432     6,628     2,938     1,434    11,000       755 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  131,077    91,976    46,971    23,187   162,134    12,853 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, August 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                        
 August 1996        :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 104,688    55,440    61,595    12,387    17,251   251,361 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,066       126         0     1,533     8,725 
                    :                                                           
 August 1995        :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  98,562    51,362    66,696    13,450    17,304   247,374 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,592       161         0     1,772     8,525 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, August 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                        
 August 1996        :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  39,300    37,819     9,985    1,934    9,645      98,683 
     For Processing :  44,851     6,163    21,247    6,244    2,119      80,624 
     Total          :  84,151    43,982    31,232    8,178   11,764     179,307 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,314    12,247     3,316      734    3,508      34,119 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,639     1,953     3,312    1,543    1,438       9,885 
                    :                                                           
 August 1995        :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  30,762    31,470     8,259    1,463    8,869      80,823 
     For Processing :  46,792     7,695    25,675    7,730    3,098      90,990 
     Total          :  77,554    39,165    33,934    9,193   11,967     171,813 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,248    12,140     3,875      985    5,070      35,318 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,009     2,220     3,503    1,456      941      10,129 
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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 - August 31, 1995-96                  
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Aug 31, 1995    :   Aug 31, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,327,834           1,348,179     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      934,951           1,008,109     
   White                                 :      501,435             477,205     
   Yolk                                  :      258,897             241,591     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,695,283           1,726,905     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      127,835             132,824     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,560,141           2,638,143     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       85,659              88,338     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      748,406             862,235     
     Whole Blends                        :      370,447             431,500     
     White                               :      360,102             348,673     
     Yolk Plain                          :      113,450              92,009     
     Yolk Blends                         :      118,763             124,571     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,711,168           1,858,988     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      148,055             145,693     
     Whole Blends                        :      116,886             123,513     
     White                               :       44,606              40,682     
     Yolk Plain                          :        4,789               2,403     
     Yolk Blends                         :       60,827              48,503     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      375,163             360,794     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       25,244              21,399     
     Whole Blends                        :       28,647              26,850     
     White                               :       39,931              32,870     
     Yolk Plain                          :       20,664              18,097     
     Yolk Blends                         :       16,144              13,439     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      130,630             112,655     
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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                 
November 4, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
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