HDR1012000150010304971500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released March 4, 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.  For assistance with general agricultural      
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                  Shell Eggs Broken Up 9 Percent                                
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 130 million dozen during January 1997, up             
9 percent from January a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North     
Atlantic, up 20; North Central, up 8; South Atlantic, up 10; South Central, up  
7; and Western, down slightly.                                                  
                                                                                
January 1997 contained 23 weekdays (including two holidays) and four            
Saturdays, the same as January 1996.                                            
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 257 million        
pounds during January 1997, up 14 percent from January the previous year.       
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.96 million pounds, up 17 percent      
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during January totaled 175 million pounds, up 10 percent from the               
January 1996 production of 158 million pounds.                                  
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during January, at 35.8 million pounds, was up  
11 percent from the 32.3 million pounds produced during January 1996.           
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during January was 12.4 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, January 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 ---------------- 
 January 1997      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   25,062    22,417     6,768     3,641    32,826     2,067 
   N Central       :   82,070    59,592    31,390    16,170   107,152     8,331 
   S Atlantic      :    7,589     4,132     3,505     1,714     9,351       919 
   S Central       :    7,552     4,901     2,971     1,272     9,144     1,096 
   West            :    7,250     4,935     2,339     1,497     8,771       705 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  129,523    95,977    46,973    24,294   167,244    13,118 
                   :                                                            
 January 1996      :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,879    18,686     5,434     2,597    26,717     1,788 
   N Central       :   76,255    55,721    28,074    14,513    98,308     7,416 
   S Atlantic      :    6,920     4,335     2,688     1,407     8,430       928 
   S Central       :    7,086     5,594     2,357     1,223     9,174       715 
   West            :    7,255     5,091     2,359     1,237     8,687       626 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  118,395    89,427    40,912    20,977   151,316    11,473 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                in Processing, United States, January 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                        
 January 1997       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 103,703    55,384    64,774    12,565    20,259   256,685 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,188       127         0     1,645     8,960 
                    :                                                           
 January 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  91,668    49,238    56,709    11,733    16,064   225,412 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,986       137         0     1,522     7,645 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                      United States, January 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                        
 January 1997       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  39,570    31,133    11,627    1,853    9,049      93,232 
     For Processing :  40,119     7,817    22,698    7,151    3,518      81,303 
     Total          :  79,689    38,950    34,325    9,004   12,567     174,535 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,668    12,037     3,821      155    5,092      35,773 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,449     3,259     3,273    1,533    1,879      12,393 
                    :                                                           
 January 1996       :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  28,759    28,573    10,748    1,289    8,231      77,600 
     For Processing :  42,969     6,536    21,377    7,380    2,632      80,894 
     Total          :  71,728    35,109    32,125    8,669   10,863     158,494 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,745    10,737     3,295       93    4,469      32,339 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,584     3,164     2,576    1,337    1,029       9,690 
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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 - January 31, 1996-97                 
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Jan 31, 1996    :   Jan 31, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      468,843             517,957     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      357,678             386,349     
   White                                 :      161,135             185,650     
   Yolk                                  :       80,910              96,039     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      599,723             668,038     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       46,884              50,328     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      912,325           1,025,049     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       29,720              34,910     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      303,795             342,648     
     Whole Blends                        :      147,121             162,662     
     White                               :      123,761             129,513     
     Yolk Plain                          :       31,965              36,981     
     Yolk Blends                         :       41,266              49,053     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      647,908             720,857     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       56,460              53,582     
     Whole Blends                        :       45,158              43,154     
     White                               :       14,830              17,535     
     Yolk Plain                          :          449                 533     
     Yolk Blends                         :       17,824              17,917     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      134,721             132,721     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :        7,519               9,435     
     Whole Blends                        :        9,068              10,386     
     White                               :       10,266              12,875     
     Yolk Plain                          :        5,784               6,230     
     Yolk Blends                         :        3,656               6,826     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       36,293              45,752     
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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 April 4, 1997.  
                                                                                
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