HDR1012000150011104961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released November 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 9 Percent                                
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 125 million dozen during September 1996, up           
9 percent from September a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North   
Atlantic, up 1; North Central, up 16; South Atlantic, down 1; South Central,    
up 2; and Western, down 11.                                                     
                                                                                
The cumulative total of shell eggs broken from October 1, 1995 through          
September 30, 1996 was 1.47 billion dozen, 2 percent above the 1.44 billion     
dozen broken during the same period a year earlier.                             
                                                                                
September 1996 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and four           
Saturdays, compared to 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays   
in                                                                              
September 1995.                                                                 
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 245 million        
pounds during September 1996, up 11 percent from September the previous year.   
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.18 million pounds, up 11 percent      
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during September totaled 174 million pounds, up 5 percent from the September    
1995 production of 165 million pounds.                                          
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during September, at 32.6 million pounds, up    
4 percent from the 31.4 million pounds produced during September 1995.          
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during September was 9.91 million pounds, an     
increase of 16 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.                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 2-5 (11-96)                                                                 
                                                                                
                  Shell Eggs Broken Under Federal Inspection                    
                By Months, United States, 1994-96 1/                            
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                 :             Fiscal Year                                      
       Month     :-----------------------------------------------------         
                 :       1994     :        1995        :     1996               
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                 :               Million Dozen                                  
                 :                                                              
        Oct 2/   :  115.3               124.1                122.5              
        Nov 2/   :  107.9               122.0                116.8              
        Dec 2/   :  108.6               118.6                111.1              
        Jan         :    108.5               117.3                118.4         
        Feb         :     99.3               111.7                108.2         
        Mar         :    112.0               126.9                116.0         
        Apr         :    115.5               111.0                127.0         
        May         :    116.2               115.0                137.6         
        Jun         :    123.9               136.1                125.6         
        Jul         :    114.4               113.7                136.2         
        Aug         :    125.6               131.1                128.9         
        Sep         :    122.5               114.1                124.6         
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      1/ Data is on a fiscal year basis.  The year includes a 12-month          
         period from Oct 1 the previous year, through Sep 30 the                
         current year.                                                          
      2/ Previous year.                                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
             Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region                 
                      and United States, September 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 ---------------- 
 September 1996    :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,673    19,787     4,094     1,559    25,440     1,700 
   N Central       :   81,286    59,873    30,040    15,483   105,396     7,917 
   S Atlantic      :    8,040     4,736     3,685     1,756    10,177       799 
   S Central       :    7,446     4,465     3,471     1,660     9,596       910 
   West            :    7,186     4,653     2,568     1,268     8,489       600 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  124,631    93,514    43,858    21,726   159,098    11,926 
                   :                                                            
 September 1995    :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,479    18,530     5,648     2,300    26,478     1,721 
   N Central       :   70,167    51,365    24,714    12,531    88,610     7,124 
   S Atlantic      :    8,093     4,868     3,527     1,596     9,991       813 
   S Central       :    7,335     4,316     2,901     1,377     8,594       975 
   West            :    8,062     5,876     2,206     1,225     9,307       628 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  114,136    84,955    38,996    19,029   142,980    11,261 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, September 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                        
 September 1996     :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 103,097    52,953    59,261    12,739    16,869   244,919 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,459       105         0     1,616     8,180 
                    :                                                           
 September 1995     :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  92,879    47,031    55,695    11,129    14,585   221,319 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,671       139         0     1,560     7,370 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, September 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                        
 September 1996     :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  37,506    33,589     9,537    2,380    8,301      91,313 
     For Processing :  45,949     6,792    20,690    6,751    2,747      82,929 
     Total          :  83,455    40,381    30,227    9,131   11,048     174,242 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  12,709    11,453     3,275      647    4,486      32,570 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,815     2,156     3,181    1,332    1,429       9,913 
                    :                                                           
 September 1995     :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  29,262    31,304     9,877    1,323    8,623      80,389 
     For Processing :  44,222     6,319    25,034    7,047    2,255      84,877 
     Total          :  73,484    37,623    34,911    8,370   10,878     165,266 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  12,316    11,477     3,172      286    4,121      31,372 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,880     2,019     2,684    1,481      517       8,581 
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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 - September 30, 1995-96                
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Sep 30, 1995    :   Sep 30, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,441,970           1,472,810     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :    1,019,906           1,101,623     
   White                                 :      540,431             521,063     
   Yolk                                  :      277,926             263,317     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,838,263           1,886,003     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      139,096             144,750     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,781,460           2,883,062     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       93,029              96,518     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      821,890             945,690     
     Whole Blends                        :      408,070             471,881     
     White                               :      395,013             378,900     
     Yolk Plain                          :      121,820             101,140     
     Yolk Blends                         :      129,641             135,619     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,876,434           2,033,230     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      160,371             158,402     
     Whole Blends                        :      128,363             134,966     
     White                               :       47,778              43,957     
     Yolk Plain                          :        5,075               3,050     
     Yolk Blends                         :       64,948              52,989     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      406,535             393,364     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       27,124              23,214     
     Whole Blends                        :       30,666              29,006     
     White                               :       42,615              36,051     
     Yolk Plain                          :       22,145              19,429     
     Yolk Blends                         :       16,661              14,868     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      139,211             122,568     
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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.            
                                                                                
                                                                                
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December 3, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
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