HDR1012000150010604961500Egg Products

Released June 4, 1996, 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 14 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 127 million dozen during April 1996, up 14 percent
from April a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up
18; North Central, up 21; South Atlantic, up 6; South Central, down 14; and
Western, down 8.

April 1996 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays,  compared to 20 weekdays
and five Saturdays in April 1995.


Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 251 million
pounds during April 1996, up 17 percent from April the previous year.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.03 million pounds, up 13 percent
from a year ago.


Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing
during April totaled 175 million pounds, up 23 percent from the April 1995
production of 143 million pounds.


Inspected frozen egg production during April, at 31.4 million pounds, was up
2 percent from the 30.7 million pounds produced during April 1995.


Inspected dried egg production during April was 11.5 million pounds, a slight
increase 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.



Pou 2-5 (6-96)




               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                        and United States, April 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 ----------------
 April 1996        :
   N Atlantic      :   21,694    21,276     5,019     2,052    28,347     1,810
   N Central       :   81,983    57,782    32,284    17,199   107,265     7,931
   S Atlantic      :    8,581     5,294     3,738     1,817    10,849     1,089
   S Central       :    7,845     4,271     3,524     1,911     9,706       868
   West            :    6,849     4,329     2,398     1,413     8,140       602
                   :
   US              :  126,952    92,952    46,963    24,392   164,307    12,300
                   :
 April 1995        :
   N Atlantic      :   18,414    16,854     4,570     2,401    23,825     1,593
   N Central       :   67,928    48,437    26,381    14,262    89,080     6,570
   S Atlantic      :    8,122     3,647     4,179     2,079     9,905       924
   S Central       :    9,086     5,078     3,872     2,059    11,009     1,100
   West            :    7,463     5,957     2,240     1,002     9,199       638
                   :
   US              :  111,013    79,973    41,242    21,803   143,018    10,825
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             Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
                 in Processing, United States, April 1995-96 1/
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      Month and     :  Whole  :  Whole  :         :  Yolk   :  Yolk   :
        Item        :  Plain  :  Blends :  White  :  Plain  :  Blends :  Total
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds
 April 1996         :
   Liquid Eggs      : 100,947    52,450    65,160    14,840    17,442   250,839
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,233       123         0     1,670     8,026
                    :
 April 1995         :
   Liquid Eggs      :  85,179    43,594    56,692    13,324    15,760   214,549
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,391       154         0     1,544     7,089
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                       United States, April 1995-96 1/ 2/
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      Month and     :  Whole  :  Whole  :         :  Yolk   : Yolk    :
        Item        :  Plain  :  Blends :  White  :  Plain  : Blends  :  Total
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                       1,000 Pounds
 April 1996         :
   Liquid           :
     For Immediate  :
      Consumption   :  34,977    33,795    11,656    1,971    9,872      92,271
     For Processing :  45,537     5,988    21,190    7,794    2,207      82,716
     Total          :  80,514    39,783    32,846    9,765   12,079     174,987
                    :
   Frozen           :  13,224    10,324     4,088      165    3,629      31,430
                    :
   Dried            :   1,849     2,387     3,402    2,199    1,631      11,468
                    :
 April 1995         :
   Liquid           :
     For Immediate  :
      Consumption   :  33,330    26,233     8,934    1,484    7,502      77,483
     For Processing :  30,098     6,383    19,848    6,482    2,241      65,052
     Total          :  63,428    32,616    28,782    7,966    9,743     142,535
                    :
   Frozen           :  12,395     9,290     3,656    1,049    4,307      30,697
                    :
   Dried            :   2,266     2,599     3,058    1,926    1,604      11,453
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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 - April 30, 1995-96
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         :                 Period
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-
                                         :   Apr 30, 1995    :   Apr 30, 1996
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         :              1,000 Dozen
                                         :
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      831,551             819,909
                                         :
                                         :              1,000 Pounds
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
   Whole                                 :      585,582             620,929
   White                                 :      318,304             285,938
   Yolk                                  :      164,820             145,895
                                         :
   Total                                 :    1,068,706           1,052,762
                                         :
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       80,629              81,178
                                         :
 During Processing                       :
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,605,356           1,610,431
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       54,160              53,270
                                         :
 Product Produced for Immediate          :
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :
   Liquid Product Produced               :
     Whole Plain                         :      455,199             532,328
     Whole Blends                        :      224,994             263,609
     White                               :      230,022             214,239
     Yolk Plain                          :       74,389              56,868
     Yolk Blends                         :       70,216              74,668
                                         :
     Total                               :    1,054,820           1,141,712
                                         :
   Frozen Product Produced               :
     Whole Plain                         :       99,955              91,784
     Whole Blends                        :       72,415              76,043
     White                               :       28,429              25,917
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,636               1,218
     Yolk Blends                         :       43,006              29,844
                                         :
     Total                               :      245,441             224,806
                                         :
   Dried Product Produced                :
     Whole Plain                         :       16,249              13,221
     Whole Blends                        :       18,631              16,329
     White                               :       25,825              18,895
     Yolk Plain                          :       14,336              10,739
     Yolk Blends                         :       10,848               8,184
                                         :
     Total                               :       85,889              67,368
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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 July 3, 1996.


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