HDR1012000150011103951500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150011103951500Egg Products Narrative                                 
                                                                                
Released November 3, 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 Down 7 Percent                         
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 114 million dozen during September 1995, down         
7 percent from September a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were:  North  
Atlantic, down 6; North Central, down 5; South Atlantic, down 6; South Central, 
down 24; and Western, down 9.                                                   
                                                                                
The cumulative total of shell eggs broken from October 1, 1994 through          
September 30, 1995 were 1.44 billion dozen, 5 percent above the 1.37 billion    
dozen broken during the same period a year earlier.                             
                                                                                
September 1995 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five           
Saturdays, compared to 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays   
in September 1994.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 221 million pounds 
during September 1995, down 6 percent from the 236 million processed a year     
ago.  Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.37 million pounds, down 3       
percent from a year ago.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
September totaled 165 million pounds, up 6 percent from the September 1994      
production of 156 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during September, at 31.4 million pounds, was   
down 13 percent from the 35.9 million pounds produced during September 1994.    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during September was 8.58 million pounds, a      
decrease of 30 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 (11-95)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011103951500Shell Eggs Broken Under Federal Inspection             
                                                                                
                       Shell Eggs Broken Under Federal Inspection               
                         By Months, United States, 1993-95 1/                   
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         :                            Fiscal Year                               
  Month  :--------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :        1993       :            1994           :        1995          
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         :                            Million Dozen                             
         :                                                                      
Oct 2/   :        107.9                   115.3                   124.1         
Nov 2/   :         93.7                   107.9                   122.0         
Dec 2/   :         98.3                   108.6                   118.6         
Jan      :         90.5                   108.5                   117.3         
Feb      :         85.8                    99.3                   111.7         
Mar      :         97.0                   112.0                   126.9         
Apr      :        100.6                   115.5                   111.0         
May      :        109.9                   116.2                   115.0         
Jun      :        113.5                   123.9                   136.1         
Jul      :        112.3                   114.4                   113.7         
Aug      :        112.4                   125.6                   131.1         
Sep      :        114.7                   122.5                   114.1         
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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 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 ----------------  
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  
                  :                                                             
September 1994    :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   21,682    20,640     5,803     1,854    28,297     1,793  
  N Central       :   73,658    47,894    31,724    15,777    95,395     6,711  
  S Atlantic      :    8,639     4,427     4,441     1,924    10,792       944  
  S Central       :    9,689     5,554     4,029     2,022    11,605     1,183  
  West            :    8,833     6,461     2,829     1,353    10,643       663  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  122,501    84,976    48,826    22,930   156,732    11,294  
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HDR2012000150011103951500Inspected Liquid Eggs                                  
                                                                                
              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, September 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                         
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  
                   :                                                            
September 1994     :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  90,843    45,233    68,288    15,238    16,887   236,489  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,766       155         0     1,712     7,633  
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           Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,              
                    United States, September 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                         
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  
                   :                                                            
September 1994     :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  29,850    24,881     9,262    1,386    7,758      73,137  
    For Processing :  36,157     8,196    26,051    9,740    2,678      82,822  
    Total          :  66,007    33,077    35,313   11,126   10,436     155,959  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  15,066    11,179     4,408      331    4,951      35,935  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   2,513     2,574     3,957    1,734    1,541      12,319  
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011103951500Egg Products Inspected                                 
                                                                                
       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,        
                United States, October 1 - September 30, 1994-95                
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                                        :                 Period                
                                        :-------------------------------------- 
                   Item                 :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-    
                                        :   Sep 30, 1994    :   Sep 30, 1995    
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                                        :              1,000 Dozen              
                                        :                                       
Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,369,769           1,441,970      
                                        :                                       
                                        :              1,000 Pounds             
Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                       
  Whole                                 :      968,228           1,019,906      
  White                                 :      520,278             540,431      
  Yolk                                  :      269,358             277,926      
                                        :                                       
  Total                                 :    1,757,864           1,838,263      
                                        :                                       
Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      127,958             139,096      
                                        :                                       
During Processing                       :                                       
  Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,607,227           2,781,460      
  Ingredients Added in Processing       :       84,255              93,029      
                                        :                                       
Product Produced for Immediate          :                                       
 Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                       
  Liquid Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      730,363             821,890      
    Whole Blends                        :      343,190             408,070      
    White                               :      379,853             395,013      
    Yolk Plain                          :      113,312             121,820      
    Yolk Blends                         :      123,185             129,641      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :    1,689,903           1,876,434      
                                        :                                       
  Frozen Product Produced               :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :      185,007             160,371      
    Whole Blends                        :      124,842             128,363      
    White                               :       46,248              47,778      
    Yolk Plain                          :        4,823               5,075      
    Yolk Blends                         :       67,576              64,948      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      428,496             406,535      
                                        :                                       
  Dried Product Produced                :                                       
    Whole Plain                         :       28,285              27,124      
    Whole Blends                        :       29,135              30,666      
    White                               :       39,898              42,615      
    Yolk Plain                          :       20,776              22,145      
    Yolk Blends                         :       15,166              16,661      
                                        :                                       
    Total                               :      133,260             139,211      
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011103951500Reliability                                            
                                                                                
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 1, 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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