HDR1012000150010110951500Egg Products
HDR2012000150010110951500Egg Products Narrative

Released January 10, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to
inspection totals for November 1994.

                        Shell Eggs Broken Up 13 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 122 million dozen during November 1994, up 13 percent
from the 108 million dozen broken during November a year ago.  Regional
percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, down 4; North Central, up 19; South
Atlantic, up 7; South Central, up 19; and Western, up 3.

November 1994 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and
four Saturdays, the same as November 1993.


Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 234 million pounds
during November 1994, up 15 percent from the 203 million processed a year ago.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.84 million pounds, up 25 percent from
a year ago.


Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during
November totaled 151 million pounds, up 14 percent from the November 1993
production of 132 million pounds.


Inspected frozen egg production during November, at 37.5 million pounds, was up
5 percent from the 35.6 million pounds produced during November 1993.


Inspected dried egg production during November was 12.7 million pounds, an
increase of 32 percent from a year ago.

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

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HDR2012000150010110951500Shell Eggs Broken

               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                       and United States, November 1993-94
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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 1994      :
  N Atlantic       :   18,915    18,032     4,407     1,866    24,305     1,694
  N Central        :   75,264    50,017    30,874    16,568    97,459     7,081
  S Atlantic       :    8,750     4,654     4,383     2,151    11,188     1,091
  S Central        :   10,946     6,165     4,539     2,492    13,196     1,372
  West             :    8,105     6,449     2,190     1,100     9,739       597
                   :
  US               :  121,980    85,317    46,393    24,177   155,887    11,835
                   :
November 1993      :
  N Atlantic       :   19,609    18,923     4,746     1,958    25,627     1,856
  N Central        :   63,116    44,767    24,618    13,171    82,556     5,312
  S Atlantic       :    8,185     4,276     4,140     2,100    10,516       831
  S Central        :    9,167     5,277     3,885     2,117    11,279       986
  West             :    7,886     6,239     1,940     1,094     9,273       685
                   :
  US               :  107,963    79,482    39,329    20,440   139,251     9,670
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HDR2012000150010110951500Inspected Liquid Eggs

              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
               in Processing, United States, November 1993-94 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 1994       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  90,737    42,562    65,428    18,095    16,899   233,721
  Ingredients Added :       0     6,028       139         0     1,676     7,843
                    :
November 1993       :
  Liquid Eggs       :  85,340    36,580    54,610    11,923    14,859   203,312
  Ingredients Added :       0     4,732        98         0     1,434     6,264
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                     United States, November 1993-94 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 1994       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  29,369    23,221    10,937    1,139    7,770      72,436
    For Processing  :  36,274     7,457    21,957   10,830    1,721      78,239
    Total           :  65,643    30,678    32,894   11,969    9,491     150,675
                    :
  Frozen            :  16,274    11,588     3,829      184    5,660      37,535
                    :
  Dried             :   2,272     2,202     3,992    2,575    1,651      12,692
                    :
November 1993       :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  28,489    19,821     8,579    1,285    6,894      65,068
    For Processing  :  32,570     7,314    19,369    6,823    1,261      67,337
    Total           :  61,059    27,135    27,948    8,108    8,155     132,405
                    :
  Frozen            :  15,823    10,333     3,378      333    5,759      35,626
                    :
  Dried             :   2,173     1,585     3,189    1,579    1,068       9,594
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.



HDR2012000150010110951500Egg Products Inspected

       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,
                United States, October 1 - November 30, 1993-94
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                                         :                 Period
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                  Item                   :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-
                                         :   Nov 30, 1993    :   Nov 30, 1994
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen
                                         :
Shell Eggs Broken                        :      223,245             246,125
                                         :
                                         :              1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken     :
  Whole                                  :      162,245             173,717
  White                                  :       82,163              93,293
  Yolk                                   :       43,091              47,724
                                         :
  Total                                  :      287,499             314,734
                                         :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken   :       20,134              23,124
                                         :
During Processing                        :
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/               :      430,799             470,032
  Ingredients Added in Processing        :       13,017              15,069
                                         :
Product Produced for Immediate           :
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/        :
  Liquid Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :      126,855             134,825
    Whole Blends                         :       55,095              60,757
    White                                :       58,487              66,865
    Yolk Plain                           :       18,315              22,661
    Yolk Blends                          :       16,511              20,417
                                         :
    Total                                :      275,263             305,525
                                         :
  Frozen Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                          :       31,578              31,578
    Whole Blends                         :       21,286              22,565
    White                                :        7,058               8,550
    Yolk Plain                           :          770                 338
    Yolk Blends                          :       11,845               9,652
                                         :
    Total                                :       72,537              72,683
                                         :
  Dried Product Produced                 :
    Whole Plain                          :        4,960               5,490
    Whole Blends                         :        3,372               4,611
    White                                :        6,483               7,946
    Yolk Plain                           :        3,167               4,290
    Yolk Blends                          :        2,245               3,312
                                         :
    Total                                :       20,227              25,649
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.



HDR2012000150010110951500Reliability

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
February 3, 1995.


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