HDR1012000150010801971500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Egg                                                                             
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Released August 1, 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 5 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 132 million dozen during June 1997, up                
5 percent from June a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North        
Atlantic, up 13; North Central, up 3; South Atlantic, up 19; South Central,     
up 6; and Western, up slightly.                                                 
                                                                                
June 1997 contained 21 weekdays and four Saturdays, compared to 21 weekdays     
and five Saturdays in June 1996.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 262 million        
pounds during June 1997, up 7 percent from June the previous year.              
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.83 million pounds, up 6 percent from  
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during June totaled 184 million pounds, up 10 percent from the June 1996        
production of 168 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during June, at 31.3 million pounds, was down   
slightly from the 31.4 million pounds produced during June 1996.                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during June was 11.8 million pounds, an          
increase of 4 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, June 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 ---------------- 
 June 1997         :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   23,232    22,892     4,811     2,301    30,004     2,025 
   N Central       :   86,154    61,931    33,086    16,077   111,094     8,045 
   S Atlantic      :    8,493     4,647     3,896     2,312    10,855       790 
   S Central       :    7,123     3,829     3,184     1,456     8,469       938 
   West            :    7,317     5,254     2,271     1,018     8,543       608 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  132,319    98,553    47,248    23,164   168,965    12,406 
                   :                                                            
 June 1996         :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,545    18,275     5,646     2,545    26,466     1,714 
   N Central       :   83,902    60,725    31,093    16,557   108,375     8,366 
   S Atlantic      :    7,140     4,034     3,436     1,832     9,302       873 
   S Central       :    6,720     3,895     2,944     1,573     8,412       839 
   West            :    7,281     4,904     2,657     1,449     9,010       704 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  125,588    91,833    45,776    23,956   161,565    12,496 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                 in Processing, United States, June 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                        
 June 1997          :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 104,845    60,108    65,512    13,257    18,227   261,949 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,894       125         0     1,812     8,831 
                    :                                                           
 June 1996          :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  97,779    51,760    63,734    11,552    19,629   244,454 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,190       123         0     1,984     8,297 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                       United States, June 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                        
 June 1997          :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  40,415    38,952    11,874    2,220   10,203     103,664 
     For Processing :  42,701     7,031    20,648    7,301    2,608      80,289 
     Total          :  83,116    45,983    32,522    9,521   12,811     183,953 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,915    11,144     3,514       53    4,660      31,286 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,577     2,943     3,645    1,451    1,176      11,792 
                    :                                                           
 June 1996          :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  34,220    30,155    10,484    1,496    9,752      86,107 
     For Processing :  43,421     6,011    22,141    6,632    3,442      81,647 
     Total          :  77,641    36,166    32,625    8,128   13,194     167,754 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,605    10,673     3,974      104    5,084      31,440 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,212     2,973     3,340    1,508    1,276      11,309 
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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 - June 30, 1996-97                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Jun 30, 1996    :   Jun 30, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,083,063           1,159,154     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      812,917             868,511     
   White                                 :      382,686             410,653     
   Yolk                                  :      195,446             213,312     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,391,049           1,492,476     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      107,062             113,236     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,129,395           2,293,279     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       71,199              78,873     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      694,672             758,342     
     Whole Blends                        :      345,866             379,993     
     White                               :      282,627             288,741     
     Yolk Plain                          :       74,814              82,834     
     Yolk Blends                         :      100,794             110,620     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,498,773           1,620,530     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      117,084             106,897     
     Whole Blends                        :       99,597              98,048     
     White                               :       34,167              35,297     
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,432               1,349     
     Yolk Blends                         :       40,627              39,289     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      292,907             280,880     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       17,779              21,934     
     Whole Blends                        :       22,290              24,930     
     White                               :       26,208              29,206     
     Yolk Plain                          :       14,719              14,274     
     Yolk Blends                         :       10,662              12,902     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       91,658             103,246     
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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 3:00 p.m. ET on                
September 3, 1997.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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