HDR1012000150010703961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released July 3, 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 19 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 138 million dozen during May 1996, up 19 percent      
from May a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up      
24; North Central, up 22; South Atlantic, down 3; South Central, up 8; and      
Western, up 13.                                                                 
                                                                                
May 1996 contained 23 weekdays(including one holiday) and four Saturdays, the   
same as May 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 275 million        
pounds during May 1996, up 22 percent from May the previous year.  Ingredients  
added in processing totaled 9.63 million pounds, up 35 percent from a year      
ago.                                                                            
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during May totaled 189 million pounds, up 25 percent from the May 1995          
production of 152 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during May, at 36.7 million pounds, was up      
27 percent from the 28.9 million pounds produced during May 1995.               
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during May was 13.0 million pounds, an increase  
of 1 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, May 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 ---------------- 
 May 1996          :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   23,796    22,016     6,136     2,508    30,660     2,008 
   N Central       :   88,507    61,179    34,911    17,841   113,931     8,505 
   S Atlantic      :    8,697     5,281     3,660     2,148    11,089     1,168 
   S Central       :    8,840     5,685     3,815     1,773    11,273     1,065 
   West            :    7,726     5,994     2,450     1,325     9,769       642 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  137,566   100,155    50,972    25,595   176,722    13,388 
                   :                                                            
 May 1995          :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   19,133    17,228     5,343     2,274    24,845     1,638 
   N Central       :   72,339    49,043    29,588    15,950    94,581     6,763 
   S Atlantic      :    8,973     5,053     4,296     2,373    11,722       994 
   S Central       :    8,162     4,555     3,579     1,695     9,829     1,125 
   West            :    6,829     5,241     2,132     1,205     8,578       526 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  115,436    81,120    44,938    23,497   149,555    11,046 
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               Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added              
                  in Processing, United States, May 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                        
 May 1996           :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 107,255    60,459    72,369    15,429    18,998   274,510 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,585       145         0     1,902     9,632 
                    :                                                           
 May 1995           :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  86,732    46,023    62,016    15,288    15,723   225,782 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,582       145         0     1,418     7,145 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                        United States, May 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                        
 May 1996           :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  37,625    38,628    10,618    1,853   10,013      98,737 
     For Processing :  47,078     7,463    25,145    7,965    2,919      90,570 
     Total          :  84,703    46,091    35,763    9,818   12,932     189,307 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,695    12,881     4,276      110    5,699      36,661 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,346     2,988     3,973    2,472    1,202      12,981 
                    :                                                           
 May 1995           :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  28,027    26,042     8,436    1,572    8,572      72,649 
     For Processing :  40,079     6,095    21,981    8,628    2,437      79,220 
     Total          :  68,106    32,137    30,417   10,200   11,009     151,869 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  10,437    10,739     4,066      316    3,360      28,918 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,609     2,662     3,772    2,602    1,208      12,853 
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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 - May 31, 1995-96                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   May 31, 1995    :   May 31, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      946,987             957,475     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      666,702             721,084     
   White                                 :      363,242             336,910     
   Yolk                                  :      188,317             171,490     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,218,261           1,229,484     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       91,675              94,566     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,831,138           1,884,941     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       61,305              62,902     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      523,305             617,031     
     Whole Blends                        :      257,131             309,700     
     White                               :      260,439             250,002     
     Yolk Plain                          :       84,589              66,686     
     Yolk Blends                         :       81,225              87,600     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,206,689           1,331,019     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      110,392             105,479     
     Whole Blends                        :       83,154              88,924     
     White                               :       32,495              30,193     
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,952               1,328     
     Yolk Blends                         :       46,366              35,543     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      274,359             261,467     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       18,858              15,567     
     Whole Blends                        :       21,293              19,317     
     White                               :       29,597              22,868     
     Yolk Plain                          :       16,938              13,211     
     Yolk Blends                         :       12,056               9,386     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       98,742              80,349     
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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 August 2,       
1996.                                                                           
                                                                                
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