HDR1012000150010503961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released May 3, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),   
Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For             
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                 Shell Eggs Broken Down 9 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 116 million dozen during March 1996, down 9 percent   
from March a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, down  
6; North Central, down 3; South Atlantic, down 11; South Central, down 35; and  
Western, down 33.                                                               
                                                                                
March 1996 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays,    
compared to 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays in March     
1995.                                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 234 million        
pounds during March 1996, down 6 percent from March the previous year.          
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.18 million pounds, down 20 percent    
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during March totaled 168 million pounds, down 1 percent from the March 1995     
production of 170 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during March, at 30.5 million pounds, was down  
15 percent from the 36.1 million pounds produced during March 1995.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during March was 9.69 million pounds, a          
decrease of 20 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.                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 2-5 (5-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                        and United States, March 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 ---------------- 
 March 1996        :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,121    20,068     4,241     1,725    26,034     1,713 
   N Central       :   75,636    56,120    27,832    15,173    99,125     7,453 
   S Atlantic      :    8,279     4,655     3,838     1,915    10,408       982 
   S Central       :    6,105     3,982     2,385     1,324     7,691       711 
   West            :    5,816     3,714     2,113     1,286     7,113       508 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  115,957    88,539    40,409    21,423   150,371    11,367 
                   :                                                            
 March 1995        :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,297    18,743     6,412     2,953    28,108     1,845 
   N Central       :   78,206    52,116    32,240    16,961   101,317     7,690 
   S Atlantic      :    9,291     4,962     4,730     2,253    11,945     1,022 
   S Central       :    9,370     5,452     3,819     2,059    11,330     1,276 
   West            :    8,702     6,691     2,691     1,189    10,571       656 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  126,866    87,964    49,892    25,415   163,271    12,489 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                 in Processing, United States, March 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                        
 March 1996         :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  97,416    52,466    55,434    11,025    17,588   233,929 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,369        99         0     1,710     8,178 
                    :                                                           
 March 1995         :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  92,811    50,088    69,448    16,946    19,501   248,794 
   Ingredients Added:       0     8,030       163         0     1,988    10,181 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                       United States, March 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                        
 March 1996         :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  34,033    35,654    10,044    1,909    9,503      91,143 
     For Processing :  44,038     5,839    18,905    5,628    2,315      76,725 
     Total          :  78,071    41,493    28,949    7,537   11,818     167,868 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,547    11,159     3,146      528    4,149      30,529 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,049     2,124     2,861    1,241    1,417       9,692 
                    :                                                           
 March 1995         :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  30,995    31,892    13,026    1,135    6,601      83,649 
     For Processing :  38,947     8,200    24,552   10,528    3,757      85,984 
     Total          :  69,942    40,092    37,578   11,663   10,358     169,633 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,901     9,948     4,446       50    7,732      36,077 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,323     2,182     3,769    2,340    1,542      12,156 
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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 - March 31, 1995-96                  
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Mar 31, 1995    :   Mar 31, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      720,538             692,957     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      505,609             527,977     
   White                                 :      277,062             238,975     
   Yolk                                  :      143,017             121,503     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      925,688             888,455     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       69,804              68,878     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,390,807           1,359,592     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       47,071              45,244     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      391,771             451,814     
     Whole Blends                        :      192,378             223,826     
     White                               :      201,240             181,393     
     Yolk Plain                          :       66,423              47,103     
     Yolk Blends                         :       60,473              62,589     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      912,285             966,725     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       87,560              78,560     
     Whole Blends                        :       63,125              65,719     
     White                               :       24,773              21,829     
     Yolk Plain                          :          587               1,053     
     Yolk Blends                         :       38,699              26,215     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      214,744             193,376     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       13,983              11,372     
     Whole Blends                        :       16,032              13,942     
     White                               :       22,767              15,493     
     Yolk Plain                          :       12,410               8,540     
     Yolk Blends                         :        9,244               6,553     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       74,436              55,900     
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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                 
June 4, 1996.                                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
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