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Washington, D.C.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Released October 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 8 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 140 million dozen during August 1997, up 8 percent    
from August a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up 7;
North Central, up 11; South Atlantic, up 8; South Central, down 4; and Western, 
down 2.                                                                         
                                                                                
August 1997 contained 21 weekdays and five Saturdays, compared to 22 weekdays   
and five Saturdays in August 1996.                                              
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 266 million pounds 
during August 1997, up 6 percent from August the previous year.  Ingredients    
added in processing totaled 9.95 million pounds, up 14 percent from a year ago. 
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
August totaled 188 million pounds, up 5 percent from the August 1996 production 
of 179 million pounds.                                                          
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during August, at 34.8 million pounds, was up   
2 percent from the 34.1 million pounds produced during August 1996.             
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during August was 11.4 million pounds, an        
increase of 15 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, August 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 ---------------- 
 August 1997       :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,845    22,975     3,915     1,683    28,573     1,946 
   N Central       :   92,401    67,217    33,393    16,027   116,637     9,062 
   S Atlantic      :    9,010     4,620     4,210     2,111    10,941       968 
   S Central       :    7,569     4,213     3,099     1,246     8,558     1,131 
   West            :    7,695     5,542     2,512     1,273     9,327       580 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  139,520   104,567    47,129    22,340   174,036    13,687 
                   :                                                            
 August 1996       :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,375    19,551     5,278     2,081    26,910     1,802 
   N Central       :   83,561    62,106    30,884    15,206   108,196     8,206 
   S Atlantic      :    8,343     5,372     3,827     1,809    11,008     1,175 
   S Central       :    7,849     4,516     3,251     1,564     9,331       925 
   West            :    7,818     5,599     2,054     1,397     9,050       684 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  128,946    97,144    45,294    22,057   164,495    12,792 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, August 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                        
 August 1997        :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 110,978    60,222    64,466    12,339    17,628   265,633 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,611       618         0     1,716     9,945 
                    :                                                           
 August 1996        :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 104,688    55,440    61,595    12,387    17,251   251,361 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,066       126         0     1,533     8,725 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, August 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                        
 August 1997        :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  40,841    40,049    11,988    2,083    9,788     104,749 
     For Processing :  46,250     7,258    20,483    7,061    2,167      83,219 
     Total          :  87,091    47,307    32,471    9,144   11,955     187,968 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,937    11,833     3,955      375    4,711      34,811 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,603     2,867     3,575    1,276    1,079      11,400 
                    :                                                           
 August 1996        :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  39,300    37,819     9,985    1,934    9,645      98,683 
     For Processing :  44,851     6,163    21,247    6,244    2,119      80,624 
     Total          :  84,151    43,982    31,232    8,178   11,764     179,307 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,314    12,247     3,316      734    3,508      34,119 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,639     1,953     3,312    1,543    1,438       9,885 
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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 - August 31, 1996-97                  
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Aug 31, 1996    :   Aug 31, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,348,179           1,434,758     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :    1,008,109           1,075,000     
   White                                 :      477,205             503,405     
   Yolk                                  :      241,591             258,815     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,726,905           1,837,220     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      132,824             140,366     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,638,143           2,816,632     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       88,338              97,957     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      862,235             930,889     
     Whole Blends                        :      431,500             470,406     
     White                               :      348,673             353,793     
     Yolk Plain                          :       92,009             100,165     
     Yolk Blends                         :      124,571             136,006     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,858,988           1,991,259     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      145,693             134,499     
     Whole Blends                        :      123,513             122,335     
     White                               :       40,682              42,507     
     Yolk Plain                          :        2,403               1,843     
     Yolk Blends                         :       48,503              48,731     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      360,794             349,915     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       21,399              26,923     
     Whole Blends                        :       26,850              29,931     
     White                               :       32,870              36,123     
     Yolk Plain                          :       18,097              16,692     
     Yolk Blends                         :       13,439              15,230     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      112,655             124,899     
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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 November 4,     
1997.                                                                           
                                                                                
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