HDR1012000150010202961500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150010202961500Egg Pd. Narr.& Tables                                  
                                                                                
Released February 2, 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 
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                 Shell Eggs Broken Down 6 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 111 million dozen during December 1995, down 6        
percent from December a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North      
Atlantic, down 8; North Central, down 1; South Atlantic, down 23; South         
Central, down 25; and Western, down 15.                                         
                                                                                
December 1995 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays, 
compared to 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays in December  
1994.                                                                           
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 224 million pounds 
during December 1995, down 3 percent from the 231 million processed a year ago. 
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.46 million pounds, down 4 percent     
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
December totaled 157 million pounds, up 5 percent from the December 1994        
production of 150 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during December, at 33.0 million pounds, was    
down  16 percent from the 39.2 million pounds produced during December 1994.    
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during December was 9.43 million pounds, a       
decrease of 22 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 (2-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                       and United States, December 1994-95                      
                                                                                
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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 ---------------- 
 December 1995     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,108    19,514     4,701     2,153    26,368     1,687 
   N Central       :   71,555    52,006    26,592    13,428    92,026     7,366 
   S Atlantic      :    5,749     4,019     2,169     1,020     7,208       779 
   S Central       :    6,725     4,594     2,624     1,274     8,492       773 
   West            :    7,010     5,124     2,299     1,289     8,712       578 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  111,147    85,257    38,385    19,164   142,806    11,183 
                   :                                                            
 December 1994     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,801    19,919     5,828     2,693    28,440     1,806 
   N Central       :   72,130    48,044    29,165    15,729    92,938     7,092 
   S Atlantic      :    7,445     4,419     3,490     1,582     9,491       929 
   S Central       :    8,948     5,661     3,779     1,917    11,357     1,172 
   West            :    8,276     6,257     2,705     1,209    10,171       603 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  118,600    84,300    44,967    23,130   152,397    11,602 
                                                                                
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, December 1994-95 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                        
 December 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  94,830    48,305    54,204    12,403    13,879   223,621 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,918       124         0     1,419     7,461 
                    :                                                           
 December 1994      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  87,309    48,008    61,549    15,486    18,350   230,702 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,876       184         0     1,714     7,774 
                                                                                
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, December 1994-95 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                        
 December 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  30,028    30,615    10,511    1,167    7,253      79,574 
     For Processing :  43,225     6,438    19,276    6,940    1,870      77,749 
     Total          :  73,253    37,053    29,787    8,107    9,123     157,323 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,357    11,670     3,243       91    4,658      33,019 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,120     2,090     2,631    1,916      677       9,434 
                    :                                                           
 December 1994      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  27,402    25,964     8,010      887    7,401      69,664 
     For Processing :  35,440     9,183    22,600   10,252    2,684      80,159 
     Total          :  62,842    35,147    30,610   11,139   10,085     149,823 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  17,046    10,368     5,339       82    6,366      39,201 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,923     2,966     3,598    1,979    1,656      12,122 
                                                                                
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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 - December 31, 1994-95                 
                                                                                
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :------------------------------------- 
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Dec 31, 1994    :   Dec 31, 1995   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      364,725             350,448     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      258,017             268,251     
   White                                 :      138,260             120,223     
   Yolk                                  :       70,854              59,933     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      467,131             448,407     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       34,726              35,411     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      700,734             686,913     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       22,843              22,075     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      197,667             232,067     
     Whole Blends                        :       95,904             112,012     
     White                               :       97,475              91,636     
     Yolk Plain                          :       33,800              23,296     
     Yolk Blends                         :       30,502              30,403     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      455,348             489,414     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       48,624              42,715     
     Whole Blends                        :       32,933              34,421     
     White                               :       13,889              11,535     
     Yolk Plain                          :          420                 356     
     Yolk Blends                         :       16,018              13,355     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      111,884             102,382     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :        7,413               5,935     
     Whole Blends                        :        7,577               5,904     
     White                               :       11,544               7,690     
     Yolk Plain                          :        6,269               4,447     
     Yolk Blends                         :        4,968               2,627     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       37,771              26,603     
                                                                                
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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                 
March 4, 1996.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
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