Egg                                                                             
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Released November 4, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS
information on "Egg Products" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Shell Eggs Broken Up 9 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 136 million dozen during September 1997, up           
9 percent from September a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North   
Atlantic, up 9; North Central, up 10; South Atlantic, up 16; South Central, up  
4; and Western, up 6.                                                           
                                                                                
The cumulative total of shell eggs broken from October 1, 1996 through          
September 30, 1997 was 1.57 billion dozen, 7 percent above the 1.47 billion     
dozen broken during the same period a year earlier.                             
                                                                                
September 1997 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays, compared to 21 weekdays
and four Saturdays in September 1996.                                           
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 255 million pounds 
during September 1997, up 4 percent from September the previous year.           
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.80 million pounds, up 8 percent from a
year ago.                                                                       
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
September totaled 181 million pounds, up 4 percent from the September 1996      
production of 174 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during September, at 35.5 million pounds, was up
9 percent from the 32.6 million pounds produced during September 1996.          
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during September was 10.5 million pounds, an     
increase of 6 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 Under Federal Inspection                 
                   By Months, United States, 1995-97 1/                         
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                 :                Fiscal Year                                   
         Month   :-----------------------------------------------------         
                 :       1995     :        1996       :     1997                
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                 :                    Million Dozen                             
                 :                                                              
        Oct 2/   :      124.1             122.5            143.3                
        Nov 2/   :      122.0             116.8            119.4                
        Dec 2/   :      118.6             111.1            125.8                
        Jan      :      117.3             118.4            129.5                
        Feb      :      111.7             108.2            114.9                
        Mar      :      126.9             116.0            120.3                
        Apr      :      111.0             127.0            138.1                
        May      :      115.0             137.6            135.7                
        Jun      :      136.1             125.6            132.3                
        Jul      :      113.7             136.2            136.1                
        Aug      :      131.1             128.9            139.5                
        Sep      :      114.1             124.6            136.2                
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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 1996-97                      
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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 1997    :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,477    22,151     4,545     1,905    28,601     1,871 
   N Central       :   89,066    64,523    33,716    15,699   113,938     8,479 
   S Atlantic      :    9,305     5,443     4,206     1,736    11,385       823 
   S Central       :    7,771     4,873     3,143     1,274     9,290     1,170 
   West            :    7,628     5,658     2,051     1,152     8,861       589 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  136,247   102,648    47,661    21,766   172,075    12,932 
                   :                                                            
 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 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, September 1996-97 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 1997     :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 110,731    54,703    61,422    10,834    17,453   255,143 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,048       152         0     1,601     8,801 
                    :                                                           
 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 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, September 1996-97 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 1997     :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  38,576    35,519    12,174    2,194    9,873      98,336 
     For Processing :  48,119     6,560    19,743    6,102    2,143      82,667 
     Total          :  86,695    42,079    31,917    8,296   12,016     181,003 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,709    13,563     4,005      208    3,968      35,453 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,700     2,427     3,160    1,051    1,206      10,544 
                    :                                                           
 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 
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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, 1996-97                
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Sep 30, 1996    :   Sep 30, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,472,810           1,571,005     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :    1,101,623           1,177,648     
   White                                 :      521,063             551,066     
   Yolk                                  :      263,317             280,581     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,886,003           2,009,295     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      144,750             153,298     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,883,062           3,071,775     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       96,518             106,758     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      945,690           1,017,584     
     Whole Blends                        :      471,881             512,485     
     White                               :      378,900             385,710     
     Yolk Plain                          :      101,140             108,461     
     Yolk Blends                         :      135,619             148,022     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    2,033,230           2,172,262     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      158,402             148,208     
     Whole Blends                        :      134,966             135,898     
     White                               :       43,957              46,512     
     Yolk Plain                          :        3,050               2,051     
     Yolk Blends                         :       52,989              52,699     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      393,364             385,368     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       23,214              29,623     
     Whole Blends                        :       29,006              32,358     
     White                               :       36,051              39,283     
     Yolk Plain                          :       19,429              17,743     
     Yolk Blends                         :       14,868              16,436     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      122,568             135,443     
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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 December 3, 1997
                                                                                
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