HDR1012000150010706951500EGG PRODUCTS                                           
HDR2012000150010706951500EGG PRDCTS HIGHLIGHTS                                  
Released July 6, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Data refer to     
inspection totals for May 1995.                                                 
                                                                                
                        Shell Eggs Broken Down 1 Percent                        
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 115 million dozen during May 1995, down 1 percent from
the 116 million dozen broken during May a year ago.  Regional percentage changes
were: North Atlantic, up slightly; North Central, up 2; South Atlantic, up 8;   
South Central, down 20; and Western, down 15.                                   
                                                                                
May 1995 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,      
compared to May 1994 which contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and    
four Saturdays.                                                                 
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 226 million pounds 
during May 1995, up 1 percent from the 224 million processed a year ago.        
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.15 million pounds, up 2 percent from a
year ago.                                                                       
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
May totaled 152 million pounds, up 7 percent from the May 1994 production of    
141 million pounds.                                                             
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during May, at 28.9 million pounds, was down    
19 percent from the 35.7 million pounds produced during May 1994.               
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during May was 12.9 million pounds, an increase  
of 5 percent from a year ago.                                                   
                                                                                
Data presented in this report were compiled from inspection reports of the      
Agricultural Marketing Service.                                                 
                                                                                
For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870.  Office hours are          
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.                                                      
                                                                                
Pou 2-5 (7-95)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150010706951500SHLL EGGS BRKN:FEDRLLY INSPCTD,REG&US,MAY              
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                         and United States, May 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 ---------------- 
 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 
                   :                                                            
 May 1994          :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   19,114    18,184     4,382     1,930    24,496     1,675 
   N Central       :   70,588    45,547    30,753    16,367    92,667     6,150 
   S Atlantic      :    8,336     4,162     4,452     2,070    10,684       874 
   S Central       :   10,176     6,500     4,233     2,097    12,830     1,227 
   West            :    8,014     6,274     2,213     1,217     9,704       694 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  116,228    80,667    46,033    23,681   150,381    10,620 
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HDR2012000150010706951500INSPCTD LQD EGGS&PRDCTS: MAY '94-95                    
              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                  in Processing, United States, May 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                        
 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 
                    :                                                           
 May 1994           :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  87,492    39,507    64,442    14,213    18,269   223,923 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,093       126         0     1,756     6,975 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                        United States, May 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                        
 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 
                    :                                                           
 May 1994           :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  27,849    19,686    10,487    1,228    8,939      68,189 
     For Processing :  32,619     6,312    22,342    8,943    3,091      73,307 
     Total          :  60,468    25,998    32,829   10,171   12,030     141,496 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,963    10,659     4,526      139    5,411      35,698 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   3,202     2,391     3,819    1,757    1,062      12,231 
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150010706951500EGG PRDCTS INSPCTD: US, OCT 1-MAY 31, '94-95           
       Egg Products Inspected:  Shell Eggs Broken and Products Produced,        
                   United States, October 1 - May 31, 1994-95                   
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1993-    :   Oct 1, 1994-   
                                         :   May 31, 1994    :   May 31, 1995   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      883,416             946,987     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      632,582             666,702     
   White                                 :      333,034             363,242     
   Yolk                                  :      175,253             188,317     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,140,869           1,218,261     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       82,558              91,675     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,686,021           1,831,138     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       54,140              61,305     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      475,329             523,305     
     Whole Blends                        :      216,426             257,131     
     White                               :      247,432             260,439     
     Yolk Plain                          :       71,539              84,589     
     Yolk Blends                         :       76,815              81,225     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,087,541           1,206,689     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      124,594             110,392     
     Whole Blends                        :       81,361              83,154     
     White                               :       29,736              32,495     
     Yolk Plain                          :        3,474               1,952     
     Yolk Blends                         :       46,302              46,366     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      285,467             274,359     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       19,270              18,858     
     Whole Blends                        :       18,466              21,293     
     White                               :       24,440              29,597     
     Yolk Plain                          :       14,050              16,938     
     Yolk Blends                         :        9,561              12,056     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       85,787              98,742     
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000150010706951500DATA SOURCES, NXT RLSE DATE & EEO STMNT                
Data Sources:  Data for the "Egg Products" report are obtained from Grading     
               Volume Reports (Form PY-240) completed by inspectors of the      
Poultry Division, Grading Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA.   
AMS 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:  AMS 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 August 3, 1995. 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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