Egg                                                                             
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Released December 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 Up 2 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 146 million dozen during October 1997, up             
2 percent from October a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North     
Atlantic, up 2; North Central, up 4; South Atlantic, up 3; South Central,       
down 16; and Western, up 2.                                                     
                                                                                
October 1997 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,  
the same as October 1996.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 282 million        
pounds during October 1997, down 2 percent from October the previous year.      
Ingredients added in processing totaled 10.0 million pounds, down 3 percent     
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during October totaled 201 million pounds, down 3 percent from the October      
1996 production of 206 million pounds.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during October, at 38.1 million pounds, was up  
8 percent from the 35.2 million pounds produced during October 1996.            
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during October was 11.6 million pounds, a        
decrease of 7 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 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 ---------------- 
 October 1997      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   24,567    25,345     4,192     2,028    31,565     2,089 
   N Central       :   95,451    68,355    35,025    18,310   121,690    11,397 
   S Atlantic      :    9,796     5,008     4,438     2,566    12,012       976 
   S Central       :    8,181     5,517     3,143     1,235     9,895     1,154 
   West            :    7,953     5,939     2,617     1,208     9,764       620 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  145,948   110,164    49,415    25,347   184,926    16,236 
                   :                                                            
 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 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, October 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                        
 October 1997       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 118,903    60,691    69,038    12,974    20,307   281,913 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,902       254         0     1,845    10,001 
                    :                                                           
 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 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, October 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                        
 October 1997       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  47,446    40,257    12,204    2,588   10,935     113,430 
     For Processing :  46,352     8,167    22,784    6,996    3,002      87,301 
     Total          :  93,798    48,424    34,988    9,584   13,937     200,731 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  16,641    11,851     4,484       61    5,046      38,083 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,218     2,796     3,615    1,506    1,453      11,588 
                    :                                                           
 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 
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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                 
January 12, 1998.                                                               
                                                                                
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