HDR1012000150010406951500Egg Products
HDR2012000150010406951500Egg Products Narrative

Released April 6, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to
inspection totals for February 1995.

                        Shell Eggs Broken Up 12 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 112 million dozen during February 1995, up 12 percent
from the 99 million dozen broken during February a year ago.  Regional
percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, up 17; North Central, up 14; South
Atlantic, up 12; South Central, up slightly; and Western, up 2.

February 1995 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,
the same as February 1994.


Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 216 million pounds
during February 1995, up 16 percent from the 187 million processed a year ago.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 6.91 million pounds, up 13 percent from
a year ago.


Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during
February totaled 145 million pounds, up 18 percent from the February 1994
production of 123 million pounds.


Inspected frozen egg production during February, at 31.0 million pounds, was
down 2 percent from the 31.4 million pounds produced during February 1994.


Inspected dried egg production during February was 11.8 million pounds, an
increase of 17 percent from a year ago.

Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the
Agricultural Marketing Service.

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HDR2012000150010406951500Shell Eggs Broken

               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                       and United States, February 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 ----------------
February 1995      :
  N Atlantic       :   21,390    18,991     5,796     3,141    27,928     1,929
  N Central        :   67,172    43,323    29,060    15,430    87,813     6,444
  S Atlantic       :    7,918     4,102     4,038     1,986    10,126       901
  S Central        :    8,182     4,646     3,506     2,043    10,195     1,069
  West             :    7,023     5,246     2,236       968     8,450       596
                   :
  US               :  111,685    76,308    44,636    23,568   144,512    10,939
                   :
February 1994      :
  N Atlantic       :   18,354    16,757     4,338     1,852    22,947     1,752
  N Central        :   58,793    40,198    23,873    12,744    76,815     5,404
  S Atlantic       :    7,100     3,945     3,506     1,719     9,170       809
  S Central        :    8,159     4,791     3,435     1,965    10,191       940
  West             :    6,896     5,699     1,821       997     8,517       587
                   :
  US               :   99,302    71,390    36,973    19,277   127,640     9,492
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HDR2012000150010406951500Inspected Liquid Eggs

              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
               in Processing, United States, February 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
February 1995       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  80,896    38,469    63,252    14,880    18,814   216,311
  Ingredients Added :       0     4,925       114         0     1,873     6,912
                    :
February 1994       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  74,855    35,101    49,554    12,402    15,330   187,242
  Ingredients Added :       0     4,486       110         0     1,512     6,108
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                     United States, February 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
February 1995       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  30,237    21,594    10,109    1,021    6,315      69,276
    For Processing  :  31,299     6,523    24,670    9,273    3,475      75,240
    Total           :  61,536    28,117    34,779   10,294    9,790     144,516
                    :
  Frozen            :  11,486     8,053     2,991       58    8,061      30,649
                    :
  Dried             :   2,069     2,629     3,611    2,025    1,417      11,751
                    :
February 1994       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  24,442    18,193    11,197    1,126    6,916      61,874
    For Processing  :  29,519     6,046    17,499    5,988    1,997      61,049
    Total           :  53,961    24,239    28,696    7,114    8,913     122,923
                    :
  Frozen            :  13,660     8,564     2,997      295    5,861      31,377
                    :
  Dried             :   1,890     2,537     2,374    2,251      973      10,025
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.


HDR2012000150010406951500Egg Products Inspected

       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,
                United States, October 1 - February 28, 1994-95
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                                         :                 Period
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                 Item                    :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-
                                         :   Feb 28, 1994    :   Feb 28, 1995
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen
                                         :
Shell Eggs Broken                        :      539,589             593,672
                                         :
                                         :              1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken     :
  Whole                                  :      386,642             417,645
  White                                  :      201,401             227,170
  Yolk                                   :      106,604             117,602
                                         :
  Total                                  :      694,647             762,417
                                         :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken   :       50,142              57,315
                                         :
During Processing                        :
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/               :    1,030,528           1,142,013
  Ingredients Added in Processing        :       32,045              36,890
                                         :
Product Produced for Immediate           :
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/        :
  Liquid Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :      290,553             321,829
    Whole Blends                         :      129,008             152,286
    White                                :      148,311             163,662
    Yolk Plain                           :       44,823              54,760
    Yolk Blends                          :       43,633              50,115
                                         :
    Total                                :      656,328             742,652
                                         :
  Frozen Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :       80,957              73,659
    Whole Blends                         :       48,719              53,177
    White                                :       16,788              20,327
    Yolk Plain                           :        2,154                 537
    Yolk Blends                          :       30,282              30,967
                                         :
    Total                                :      178,900             178,667
                                         :
  Dried Product Produced                 :
    Whole Plain                          :       11,354              11,660
    Whole Blends                         :       11,059              13,850
    White                                :       15,064              18,998
    Yolk Plain                           :        8,743              10,070
    Yolk Blends                          :        5,872               7,702
                                         :
    Total                                :       52,092              62,280
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.



HDR2012000150010406951500Reliability

Data Sources:  Data for the "Egg Products" report are obtained from Grading
               Volume Reports (Form PY-240) completed by inspectors of the
Poultry Division, Grading Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA.
AMS 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:  AMS 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, OH, NE, ND, 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
May 5, 1995.


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