HDR1012000150010802961500Egg Products                                           
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Agriculture                                                                     
                                                                                
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Released August 2, 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 hours 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information 
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                  Shell Eggs Broken Down 8 Percent                              
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 126 million dozen during June 1996, down 8 percent    
from June a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, down   
12; North Central, down 1; South Atlantic, down 26; South Central, down 28; and 
Western, down 17.                                                               
                                                                                
June 1996 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays, compared to 22 weekdays and 
four Saturdays in June 1995.                                                    
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 244 million pounds 
during June 1996, down 8 percent from June the previous year.  Ingredients added
in processing totaled 8.30 million pounds, down 7 percent from a year ago.      
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
June totaled 168 million pounds, down 7 percent from the June 1995 production of
180 million pounds.                                                             
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during June, at 31.4 million pounds, was down   
16 percent from the 37.3 million pounds produced during June 1995.              
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during June was 11.3 million pounds, a decrease  
of 7 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 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 ---------------- 
 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 
                   :                                                            
 June 1995         :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   23,259    20,217     6,272     2,878    29,367     1,952 
   N Central       :   84,972    58,504    33,520    17,627   109,651     7,754 
   S Atlantic      :    9,679     5,027     4,318     2,638    11,983     1,094 
   S Central       :    9,360     5,938     3,783     2,097    11,818     1,172 
   West            :    8,791     6,795     2,472     1,441    10,708       692 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  136,061    96,481    50,365    26,681   173,527    12,664 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                 in Processing, United States, June 1995-96 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 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 
                    :                                                           
 June 1995          :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 101,459    55,807    70,206    15,280    21,742   264,494 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,624       175         0     2,081     8,880 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                       United States, June 1995-96 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 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 
                    :                                                           
 June 1995          :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  32,432    32,540     9,396    1,293   10,098      85,759 
     For Processing :  46,413     7,229    27,335    9,260    4,304      94,541 
     Total          :  78,845    39,769    36,731   10,553   14,402     180,300 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,413    12,548     4,282    1,604    5,404      37,251 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,407     2,962     3,638    1,404    1,763      12,174 
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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, 1995-96                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Jun 30, 1995    :   Jun 30, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,083,048           1,083,063     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      763,183             812,917     
   White                                 :      413,607             382,686     
   Yolk                                  :      214,998             195,446     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,391,788           1,391,049     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      104,339             107,062     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,095,632           2,129,395     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       70,185              71,199     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      602,150             694,672     
     Whole Blends                        :      296,900             345,866     
     White                               :      297,170             282,627     
     Yolk Plain                          :       95,142              74,814     
     Yolk Blends                         :       95,627             100,794     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,386,989           1,498,773     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      123,805             117,084     
     Whole Blends                        :       95,702              99,597     
     White                               :       36,777              34,167     
     Yolk Plain                          :        3,556               1,432     
     Yolk Blends                         :       51,770              40,627     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      311,610             292,907     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       21,265              17,779     
     Whole Blends                        :       24,255              22,290     
     White                               :       33,235              26,208     
     Yolk Plain                          :       18,342              14,719     
     Yolk Blends                         :       13,819              10,662     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      110,916              91,658     
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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                 
September 3, 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
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