HDR1012000150010303951500Egg Products
HDR2012000150010303951500Egg Products Narrative

Released March 3, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to
inspection totals for January 1995.


                        Shell Eggs Broken Up 8 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 117 million dozen during January 1995, up 8 percent
from the 108 million dozen broken during January a year ago.  Regional
percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, up 1; North Central, up 11; South
Atlantic, up 8; South Central, up 9; and Western, down 2.

January 1995 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays,
compared to January 1994 which contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday)
and five Saturdays.


Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 225 million pounds
during January 1995, up 10 percent from the 205 million processed a year ago.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.14 million pounds, up 10 percent from
a year ago.


Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during
January totaled 143 million pounds, up 13 percent from the January 1994
production of 127 million pounds.


Inspected frozen egg production during January, at 36.1 million pounds, was
down 4 percent from the 37.5 million pounds produced during January 1994.


Inspected dried egg production during January was 12.8 million pounds, an
increase of 11 percent from a year ago.

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


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HDR2012000150010303951500Shell Eggs Broken

              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region
                      and United States, January 1994-95
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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 1995      :
  N Atlantic      :   19,475    17,015     5,475     2,698    25,188     1,761
  N Central       :   72,120    49,873    28,281    15,594    93,748     6,936
  S Atlantic      :    8,308     4,587     4,028     1,658    10,273       960
  S Central       :    9,781     5,852     4,164     2,160    12,176     1,339
  West            :    7,578     5,993     2,326     1,070     9,389       654
                  :
  US              :  117,262    83,320    44,274    23,180   150,774    11,650
                  :
January 1994      :
  N Atlantic      :   19,299    17,166     4,923     2,376    24,465     1,898
  N Central       :   64,758    42,130    27,216    15,551    84,897     6,089
  S Atlantic      :    7,699     4,256     3,624     1,923     9,803       970
  S Central       :    8,978     6,281     3,298     1,829    11,408       884
  West            :    7,728     6,417     2,042     1,048     9,507       650
                  :
  US              :  108,462    76,250    41,103    22,727   140,080    10,491
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HDR2012000150010303951500Inspected Liquid Eggs

              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
                in Processing, United States, January 1994-95 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 1995        :
  Liquid Eggs       :  84,280    45,414    62,843    14,660    17,771   224,968
  Ingredients Added :       0     5,276       110         0     1,749     7,135
                    :
January 1994        :
  Liquid Eggs       :  80,966    34,860    58,346    14,170    16,857   205,199
  Ingredients Added :       0     4,661       237         0     1,574     6,472
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                      United States, January 1994-95 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 1995        :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  26,369    20,936     8,805    1,091    7,092      64,293
    For Processing  :  36,257     7,329    22,603    9,575    2,731      78,495
    Total           :  62,626    28,265    31,408   10,666    9,823     142,788
                    :
  Frozen            :  13,549    12,191     3,447       59    6,888      36,134
                    :
  Dried             :   2,178     3,644     3,843    1,776    1,317      12,758
                    :
January 1994        :
  Liquid            :
    For Immediate   :
     Consumption    :  24,636    17,554     9,589    1,302    6,949      60,030
    For Processing  :  29,095     5,138    22,178    8,228    1,869      66,508
    Total           :  53,731    22,692    31,767    9,530    8,818     126,538
                    :
  Frozen            :  16,711    10,311     3,008      475    6,946      37,451
                    :
  Dried             :   2,779     2,497     3,156    1,876    1,228      11,536
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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, 1994-95
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                                        :                 Period
                                        :-------------------------------------
                   Item                 :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-
                                        :   Jan 31, 1994    :   Jan 31, 1995
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                                        :              1,000 Dozen
                                        :
Shell Eggs Broken                       :      440,287             481,987
                                        :
                                        :              1,000 Pounds
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
  Whole                                 :      315,252             341,337
  White                                 :      164,428             182,534
  Yolk                                  :       87,327              94,034
                                        :
  Total                                 :      567,007             617,905
                                        :
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       40,650              46,376
                                        :
During Processing                       :
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      843,286             925,702
  Ingredients Added in Processing       :       25,937              29,978
                                        :
Product Produced for Immediate          :
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :
  Liquid Product Produced               :
    Whole Plain                         :      236,592             260,293
    Whole Blends                        :      104,769             124,169
    White                               :      119,615             128,883
    Yolk Plain                          :       37,709              44,466
    Yolk Blends                         :       34,720              40,325
                                        :
    Total                               :      533,405             598,136
                                        :
  Frozen Product Produced               :
    Whole Plain                         :       67,297              62,173
    Whole Blends                        :       40,155              45,124
    White                               :       13,791              17,336
    Yolk Plain                          :        1,859                 479
    Yolk Blends                         :       24,421              22,906
                                        :
    Total                               :      147,523             148,018
                                        :
  Dried Product Produced                :
    Whole Plain                         :        9,464               9,591
    Whole Blends                        :        8,522              11,221
    White                               :       12,690              15,387
    Yolk Plain                          :        6,492               8,045
    Yolk Blends                         :        4,899               6,285
                                        :
    Total                               :       42,067              50,529
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.


HDR2012000150010303951500Reliability

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
April 6, 1995.


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