HDR1012000150010903971500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Egg                                                                             
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Released September 3, 1997, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Shell Eggs Broken Down Slightly                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 136 million dozen during July 1997, down slightly     
from                                                                            
July a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, down 3;     
North Central, up 1; South Atlantic, up 13; South Central, down 17; and         
Western,                                                                        
up 4.                                                                           
                                                                                
July 1997 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,     
the                                                                             
same as July 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 258 million        
pounds during July 1997, up slightly from July the previous year.  Ingredients  
added in processing totaled 9.14 million pounds, up 9 percent from a year ago.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during July totaled 183 million pounds, up 1 percent from the July 1996         
production of 181 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during July, at 34.2 million pounds, was up     
1 percent from the 33.8 million pounds produced during July 1996.               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during July was 10.3 million pounds, a decrease  
of 8 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, July 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 ---------------- 
 July 1997         :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,118    21,427     4,243     1,942    27,612     1,900 
   N Central       :   89,140    65,149    32,259    16,362   113,770     8,789 
   S Atlantic      :    9,563     4,827     4,050     2,061    10,938     1,035 
   S Central       :    7,278     4,164     2,953     1,501     8,618     1,101 
   West            :    7,985     6,355     2,118     1,297     9,770       618 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  136,084   101,922    45,623    23,163   170,708    13,443 
                   :                                                            
 July 1996         :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   22,697    21,552     5,235     2,129    28,916     1,894 
   N Central       :   88,530    60,934    34,660    17,449   113,043     8,478 
   S Atlantic      :    8,479     4,969     3,684     1,766    10,419       990 
   S Central       :    8,785     4,920     3,436     1,612     9,968       927 
   West            :    7,679     5,673     2,210     1,132     9,015       681 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  136,170    98,048    49,225    24,088   171,361    12,970 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                 in Processing, United States, July 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                        
 July 1997          :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 108,060    56,617    62,911    10,892    19,240   257,720 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,162       104         0     1,873     9,139 
                    :                                                           
 July 1996          :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 105,188    54,308    66,675    13,392    17,824   257,387 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,598       123         0     1,693     8,414 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                       United States, July 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                        
 July 1997          :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  41,824    36,201    11,439    2,067   10,533     102,064 
     For Processing :  43,632     6,905    21,142    6,120    2,898      80,697 
     Total          :  85,456    43,106    32,581    8,187   13,431     182,761 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,665    12,454     3,255      119    4,731      34,224 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,386     2,134     3,342    1,142    1,249      10,253 
                    :                                                           
 July 1996          :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  33,995    35,191    10,622    1,306    9,628      90,742 
     For Processing :  49,417     6,461    24,192    7,711    2,385      90,166 
     Total          :  83,412    41,652    34,814    9,017   12,013     180,908 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,295    11,669     3,199      237    4,368      33,768 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,981     2,607     3,350    1,835    1,339      11,112 
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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 - July 31, 1996-97                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Jul 31, 1996    :   Jul 31, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,219,233           1,295,238     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      910,965             970,433     
   White                                 :      431,911             456,276     
   Yolk                                  :      219,534             236,475     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,562,410           1,663,184     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      120,032             126,679     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,386,782           2,550,999     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       79,613              88,012     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      778,084             843,798     
     Whole Blends                        :      387,518             423,099     
     White                               :      317,441             321,322     
     Yolk Plain                          :       83,831              91,021     
     Yolk Blends                         :      112,807             124,051     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,679,681           1,803,291     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      131,379             120,562     
     Whole Blends                        :      111,266             110,502     
     White                               :       37,366              38,552     
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,669               1,468     
     Yolk Blends                         :       44,995              44,020     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      326,675             315,104     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       19,760              24,320     
     Whole Blends                        :       24,897              27,064     
     White                               :       29,558              32,548     
     Yolk Plain                          :       16,554              15,416     
     Yolk Blends                         :       12,001              14,151     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      102,770             113,499     
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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 October 3,      
1997.                                                                           
                                                                                
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                 USDA to Hold Data Users Meeting                                
                      Holiday Inn Mart Plaza                                    
                        Chicago, Illinois                                       
                         October 20, 1997                                       
                                                                                
The National Agricultural Statistics Service will                               
be organizing an open forum for Data Users.  The                                
purpose will be to provide updates on pending                                   
changes in the USDA statistical and information                                 
programs including the status of the 1997 Census of                             
Agriculture, and to seek comments and input from                                
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