HDR1012000150011203961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released December 3, 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 17 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 143 million dozen during October 1996, up             
17 percent from October a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North    
Atlantic, up 20; North Central, up 20; South Atlantic, up 6; South Central, up  
18; and Western, down 6.                                                        
                                                                                
October 1996 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,  
compared to 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays in           
October 1995.                                                                   
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 287 million        
pounds during October 1996, up 22 percent from October the previous year.       
Ingredients added in processing totaled 10.3 million pounds, up 34 percent      
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during October totaled 206 million pounds, up 24 percent from the October 1995  
production of 166 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during October, was 35.2 million pounds, down   
3 percent from the 36.4 million pounds produced during October 1995.            
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during October was 12.4 million pounds, an       
increase of 33 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, October 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 ---------------- 
 October 1996      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   24,150    22,855     5,480     2,402    30,737     1,954 
   N Central       :   92,186    65,677    34,766    19,473   119,916     8,685 
   S Atlantic      :    9,477     4,825     4,794     2,371    11,990     1,135 
   S Central       :    9,687     5,252     4,228     1,997    11,477     1,190 
   West            :    7,778     5,230     2,658     1,293     9,181       773 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  143,278   103,839    51,926    27,536   183,301    13,737 
                   :                                                            
 October 1995      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,182    17,819     5,380     2,266    25,465     1,712 
   N Central       :   76,940    57,876    27,572    14,004    99,452     8,211 
   S Atlantic      :    8,924     5,502     3,880     1,867    11,249       974 
   S Central       :    8,209     5,032     3,073     1,666     9,771     1,007 
   West            :    8,249     5,807     2,571     1,387     9,765       683 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  122,504    92,036    42,476    21,190   155,702    12,587 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, October 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                        
 October 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 121,317    58,596    70,827    14,896    21,531   287,167 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,661       673         0     1,932    10,266 
                    :                                                           
 October 1995       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 102,091    47,326    58,689    11,027    16,137   235,270 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,896       164         0     1,582     7,642 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, October 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                        
 October 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  48,866    38,900    11,985    3,048   10,239     113,038 
     For Processing :  49,895     6,996    24,946    8,268    3,028      93,133 
     Total          :  98,761    45,896    36,931   11,316   13,267     206,171 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,472    11,490     4,025      147    5,077      35,211 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,116     2,825     3,704    1,545    2,205      12,395 
                    :                                                           
 October 1995       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  31,087    29,779     9,723    1,182    8,640      80,411 
     For Processing :  48,539     5,913    22,161    6,664    1,947      85,224 
     Total          :  79,626    35,692    31,884    7,846   10,587     165,635 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  15,129    11,436     4,727      147    4,992      36,431 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,971     2,170     2,717    1,376    1,085       9,319 
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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.            
                                                                                
                                                                                
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January 9, 1997.                                                                
                                                                                
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