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Washington, D.C.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Released July 3, 1997, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Shell Eggs Broken Down 1 Percent                              
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 136 million dozen during May 1997, down 1 percent     
from May a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, down   
6; North Central, up 3; South Atlantic, down 5; South Central, down 23; and     
Western, down 5.                                                                
                                                                                
May 1997 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays,      
compared to 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays in May       
1996.                                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 268 million        
pounds during May 1997, down 3 percent from May the previous year.              
Ingredients added in processing totaled 9.30 million pounds, down 3 percent     
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during May totaled 188 million pounds, down 1 percent from the May 1996         
production of 189 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during May, at 30.1 million pounds, was down    
18 percent from the 36.7 million pounds produced during May 1996.               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during May was 12.8 million pounds, a decrease   
of 1 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, May 1996-97                         
                                                                                
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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 ---------------- 
 May 1997          :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,337    21,417     5,179     2,549    29,145     2,004 
   N Central       :   90,900    65,858    33,767    17,675   117,300     9,094 
   S Atlantic      :    8,296     4,502     4,209     1,959    10,670       883 
   S Central       :    6,772     3,441     3,213     1,695     8,349       846 
   West            :    7,360     5,187     2,357     1,233     8,777       597 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  135,665   100,405    48,725    25,111   174,241    13,424 
                   :                                                            
 May 1996          :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   23,796    22,016     6,136     2,508    30,660     2,008 
   N Central       :   88,507    61,179    34,911    17,841   113,931     8,505 
   S Atlantic      :    8,697     5,281     3,660     2,148    11,089     1,168 
   S Central       :    8,840     5,685     3,815     1,773    11,273     1,065 
   West            :    7,726     5,994     2,450     1,325     9,769       642 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  137,566   100,155    50,972    25,595   176,722    13,388 
                                                                                
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                  in Processing, United States, May 1996-97 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                        
 May 1997           :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 103,326    62,300    68,461    15,317    18,129   267,533 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,280       132         0     1,892     9,304 
                    :                                                           
 May 1996           :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 107,255    60,459    72,369    15,429    18,998   274,510 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,585       145         0     1,902     9,632 
                                                                                
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                        United States, May 1996-97 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                        
 May 1997           :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  39,768    38,650    11,771    2,217   11,210     103,616 
     For Processing :  43,038     7,224    22,670    8,553    2,699      84,184 
     Total          :  82,806    45,874    34,441   10,770   13,909     187,800 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,769    10,886     4,088      149    3,224      30,116 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,357     3,523     3,701    1,984    1,237      12,802 
                    :                                                           
 May 1996           :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  37,625    38,628    10,618    1,853   10,013      98,737 
     For Processing :  47,078     7,463    25,145    7,965    2,919      90,570 
     Total          :  84,703    46,091    35,763    9,818   12,932     189,307 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,695    12,881     4,276      110    5,699      36,661 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,346     2,988     3,973    2,472    1,202      12,981 
                                                                                
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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 - May 31, 1996-97                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   May 31, 1996    :   May 31, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      957,475           1,026,835     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      721,084             769,958     
   White                                 :      336,910             363,405     
   Yolk                                  :      171,490             190,148     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,229,484           1,323,511     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       94,566             100,830     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,884,941           2,031,330     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       62,902              70,042     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      617,031             675,226     
     Whole Blends                        :      309,700             334,010     
     White                               :      250,002             256,219     
     Yolk Plain                          :       66,686              73,313     
     Yolk Blends                         :       87,600              97,809     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,331,019           1,436,577     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      105,479              94,982     
     Whole Blends                        :       88,924              86,904     
     White                               :       30,193              31,783     
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,328               1,296     
     Yolk Blends                         :       35,543              34,629     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      261,467             249,594     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       15,567              19,357     
     Whole Blends                        :       19,317              21,987     
     White                               :       22,868              25,561     
     Yolk Plain                          :       13,211              12,823     
     Yolk Blends                         :        9,386              11,726     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       80,349              91,454     
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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 3:00 p.m. ET on              
August 1, 1997.                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
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