HDR1012000150011004951500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150011004951500Egg Products Narrative                                 
                                                                                
Released October 4, 1995, 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 about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS  
Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:  NASS@AG.GOV.                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                        Shell Eggs Broken Up 4 Percent                          
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 131 million dozen during August 1995, up 4 percent    
from August a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, up  
4; North Central, up 6; South Atlantic, up 1; South Central, up 2; and Western, 
down 4.                                                                         
                                                                                
August 1995 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as August 1994.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 247 million pounds 
during August 1995, up 6 percent from the 232 million processed a year ago.     
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.53 million pounds, up 13 percent from 
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
August totaled 172 million pounds, up 10 percent from the August 1994           
production of 156 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during August, at 35.3 million pounds, was down 
4 percent from the 36.8 million pounds produced during August 1994.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during August was 10.1 million pounds, a         
decrease of 10 percent from a year ago.                                         
                                                                                
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service.                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Pou 2-5 (10-95)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011004951500Shell Eggs Broken                                      
                                                                                
              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region                
                       and United States, August 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 ----------------  
August 1995       :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   22,242    19,202     6,141     2,823    28,166     1,877  
  N Central       :   81,130    55,262    30,939    15,475   101,676     7,934  
  S Atlantic      :    8,772     5,233     3,806     1,966    11,005     1,011  
  S Central       :    9,501     5,651     3,147     1,489    10,287     1,276  
  West            :    9,432     6,628     2,938     1,434    11,000       755  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  131,077    91,976    46,971    23,187   162,134    12,853  
                  :                                                             
August 1994       :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   21,361    20,050     5,200     1,862    27,112     1,860  
  N Central       :   76,353    49,709    31,236    16,546    97,491     6,883  
  S Atlantic      :    8,723     4,420     4,300     1,933    10,653     1,035  
  S Central       :    9,313     5,280     3,665     1,878    10,823     1,251  
  West            :    9,851     7,159     2,857     1,372    11,388       886  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  125,601    86,618    47,258    23,591   157,467    11,915  
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HDR2012000150011004951500Inspected Liquid Eggs                                  
                                                                                
             Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added                
               in Processing, United States, August 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                         
August 1995        :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  98,562    51,362    66,696    13,450    17,304   247,374  
  Ingredients Added:       0     6,592       161         0     1,772     8,525  
                   :                                                            
August 1994        :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  91,541    44,366    63,818    14,689    17,958   232,372  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,742       112         0     1,719     7,573  
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           Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,              
                     United States, August 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                         
August 1995        :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  30,762    31,470     8,259    1,463    8,869      80,823  
    For Processing :  46,792     7,695    25,675    7,730    3,098      90,990  
    Total          :  77,554    39,165    33,934    9,193   11,967     171,813  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  13,248    12,140     3,875      985    5,070      35,318  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   2,009     2,220     3,503    1,456      941      10,129  
                   :                                                            
August 1994        :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  29,556    24,615     9,507    1,443    8,551      73,672  
    For Processing :  38,137     7,835    24,198    8,939    2,863      81,972  
    Total          :  67,693    32,450    33,705   10,382   11,414     155,644  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  15,276    12,014     3,643      563    5,332      36,828  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   2,204     2,283     3,847    1,640    1,269      11,243  
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011004951500Egg Products Inspected                                 
                                                                                
      Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,         
                United States, October 1 - August 31, 1994-95                   
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                                        :                 Period                
                                        :-------------------------------------- 
                   Item                 :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-    
                                        :   Aug 31, 1994    :   Aug 31, 1995    
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                                        :              1,000 Dozen              
                                        :                                       
Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,247,268           1,327,834      
                                        :                                       
                                        :              1,000 Pounds             
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                       
  Whole                                 :      883,252             934,951      
  White                                 :      471,452             501,435      
  Yolk                                  :      246,428             258,897      
                                        :                                       
  Total                                 :    1,601,132           1,695,283      
                                        :                                       
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      116,664             127,835      
                                        :                                       
During Processing                       :                                       
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,370,738           2,560,141      
  Ingredients Added in Processing       :       76,622              85,659      
                                        :                                       
Product Produced for Immediate          :                                       
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                       
  Liquid Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      664,356             748,406      
    Whole Blends                        :      310,113             370,447      
    White                               :      344,540             360,102      
    Yolk Plain                          :      102,186             113,450      
    Yolk Blends                         :      112,749             118,763      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :    1,533,944           1,711,168      
                                        :                                       
  Frozen Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      169,941             148,055      
    Whole Blends                        :      113,663             116,886      
    White                               :       41,840              44,606      
    Yolk Plain                          :        4,492               4,789      
    Yolk Blends                         :       62,625              60,827      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      392,561             375,163      
                                        :                                       
  Dried Product Produced                :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :       25,772              25,244      
    Whole Blends                        :       26,561              28,647      
    White                               :       35,941              39,931      
    Yolk Plain                          :       19,042              20,664      
    Yolk Blends                         :       13,625              16,144      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      120,941             130,630      
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011004951500Reliability                                            
                                                                                
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, 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                 
November 3, 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
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