HDR1012000150010109971500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released January 9, 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       
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                  Shell Eggs Broken Up 2 Percent                                
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 119 million dozen during November 1996, up            
2 percent from November a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North    
Atlantic, down 1; North Central, up 6; South Atlantic, down 15; South Central,  
up 6; and Western, down 10.                                                     
                                                                                
November 1996 contained 21 weekdays (including two holidays) and five           
Saturdays, compared to 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays  
in November 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 238 million        
pounds during November 1996, up 4 percent from November the previous year.      
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.64 million pounds, up 10 percent      
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during November totaled 172 million pounds, up 3 percent from the               
November 1995 production of 166 million pounds.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during November, at 28.9 million pounds, down   
12 percent from the 32.9 million pounds produced during November 1995.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during November was 10.0 million pounds, an      
increase of 28 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, November 1995-96                      
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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 ---------------- 
 November 1996     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,833    20,472     4,636     1,714    26,822     1,694 
   N Central       :   77,604    58,787    28,104    14,732   101,623     7,336 
   S Atlantic      :    7,197     3,929     3,718     1,969     9,616       865 
   S Central       :    7,250     5,148     2,985     1,249     9,382     1,029 
   West            :    6,486     4,596     2,032     1,151     7,779       614 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  119,370    92,932    41,475    20,815   155,222    11,538 
                   :                                                            
 November 1995     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,952    19,697     5,126     2,479    27,302     1,752 
   N Central       :   73,289    56,280    25,717    12,964    94,961     7,572 
   S Atlantic      :    8,493     5,523     3,493     1,713    10,729       870 
   S Central       :    6,863     4,278     2,760     1,284     8,322       838 
   West            :    7,200     5,180     2,266     1,139     8,585       609 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  116,797    90,958    39,362    19,579   149,899    11,641 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, November 1995-96 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                        
 November 1996      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 105,403    49,441    55,975    11,597    15,748   238,164 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,045       113         0     1,481     7,639 
                    :                                                           
 November 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 100,448    49,752    53,021     9,949    14,852   228,022 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,333       145         0     1,494     6,972 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, November 1995-96 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                        
 November 1996      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  39,548    32,024     9,525    2,045    8,208      91,350 
     For Processing :  45,572     6,813    19,586    6,175    2,543      80,689 
     Total          :  85,120    38,837    29,111    8,220   10,751     172,039 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,425    10,002     3,821      119    3,484      28,851 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,314     1,919     2,969    1,460    1,386      10,048 
                    :                                                           
 November 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  32,550    32,664    10,484    1,131    8,387      85,216 
     For Processing :  46,638     6,603    19,481    6,212    2,306      81,240 
     Total          :  79,188    39,267    29,965    7,343   10,693     166,456 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,229    11,315     3,565      118    3,705      32,932 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,844     1,644     2,342    1,155      865       7,850 
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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 - November 30, 1995-96                 
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Nov 30, 1995    :   Nov 30, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      239,301             262,648     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      182,994             196,771     
   White                                 :       81,838              93,401     
   Yolk                                  :       40,769              48,351     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      305,601             338,523     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       24,228              25,275     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      463,292             525,331     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       14,614              17,905     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      158,814             183,881     
     Whole Blends                        :       74,959              84,733     
     White                               :       61,849              66,042     
     Yolk Plain                          :       15,189              19,536     
     Yolk Blends                         :       21,280              24,018     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      332,091             378,210     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       29,358              25,897     
     Whole Blends                        :       22,751              21,492     
     White                               :        8,292               7,846     
     Yolk Plain                          :          265                 266     
     Yolk Blends                         :        8,697               8,561     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       69,363              64,062     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :        3,815               4,430     
     Whole Blends                        :        3,814               4,744     
     White                               :        5,059               6,673     
     Yolk Plain                          :        2,531               3,005     
     Yolk Blends                         :        1,950               3,591     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       17,169              22,443     
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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                 
February 3, 1997.                                                               
                                                                                
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