HDR1012000150010604971500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
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Released June 4, 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 Up 9 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 138 million dozen during April 1997, up               
9 percent from April a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North       
Atlantic, up 11; North Central, up 9; South Atlantic, down slightly; South      
Central, up 3; and Western, up 13.                                              
                                                                                
April 1997 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as April 1996.    
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 272 million        
pounds during April 1997, up 8 percent from April the previous year.            
Ingredients added in processing totaled 9.39 million pounds, up 17 percent      
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during April totaled 194 million pounds, up 11 percent from the April 1996      
production of 175 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during April, at 33.9 million pounds, was up    
8 percent from the 31.4 million pounds produced during April 1996.              
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during April was 11.3 million pounds, a          
decrease 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, April 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 ---------------- 
 April 1997        :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   23,982    23,770     5,366     2,329    31,465     2,126 
   N Central       :   89,686    66,029    32,942    17,724   116,695     8,466 
   S Atlantic      :    8,543     4,782     4,230     2,149    11,161       896 
   S Central       :    8,105     4,585     3,414     1,889     9,888     1,104 
   West            :    7,764     5,354     2,356     1,363     9,073       661 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  138,080   104,520    48,308    25,454   178,282    13,253 
                   :                                                            
 April 1996        :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,694    21,276     5,019     2,052    28,347     1,810 
   N Central       :   81,983    57,782    32,284    17,199   107,265     7,931 
   S Atlantic      :    8,581     5,294     3,738     1,817    10,849     1,089 
   S Central       :    7,845     4,271     3,524     1,911     9,706       868 
   West            :    6,849     4,329     2,398     1,413     8,140       602 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  126,952    92,952    46,963    24,392   164,307    12,300 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
                 in Processing, United States, April 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                        
 April 1997         :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 113,497    60,075    65,016    13,289    19,958   271,835 
   Ingredients Added:       0     7,556       135         0     1,697     9,388 
                    :                                                           
 April 1996         :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 100,947    52,450    65,160    14,840    17,442   250,839 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,233       123         0     1,670     8,026 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                       United States, April 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                        
 April 1997         :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  42,262    37,030    11,358    1,880   10,506     103,036 
     For Processing :  50,501     6,916    22,824    8,056    3,024      91,321 
     Total          :  92,763    43,946    34,182    9,936   13,530     194,357 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  12,334    13,234     3,949       98    4,316      33,931 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,142     2,886     3,315    1,465    1,526      11,334 
                    :                                                           
 April 1996         :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  34,977    33,795    11,656    1,971    9,872      92,271 
     For Processing :  45,537     5,988    21,190    7,794    2,207      82,716 
     Total          :  80,514    39,783    32,846    9,765   12,079     174,987 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  13,224    10,324     4,088      165    3,629      31,430 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,849     2,387     3,402    2,199    1,631      11,468 
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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 - April 30, 1996-97                  
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1995-    :   Oct 1, 1996-   
                                         :   Apr 30, 1996    :   Apr 30, 1997   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      819,909             891,170     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      620,929             669,553     
   White                                 :      285,938             314,680     
   Yolk                                  :      145,895             165,037     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :    1,052,762           1,149,270     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       81,178              87,406     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,610,431           1,763,797     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       53,270              60,738     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      532,328             592,420     
     Whole Blends                        :      263,609             288,136     
     White                               :      214,239             221,778     
     Yolk Plain                          :       56,868              62,543     
     Yolk Blends                         :       74,668              83,900     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :    1,141,712           1,248,777     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       91,784              83,213     
     Whole Blends                        :       76,043              76,018     
     White                               :       25,917              27,695     
     Yolk Plain                          :        1,218               1,147     
     Yolk Blends                         :       29,844              31,405     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      224,806             219,478     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       13,221              17,000     
     Whole Blends                        :       16,329              18,464     
     White                               :       18,895              21,860     
     Yolk Plain                          :       10,739              10,839     
     Yolk Blends                         :        8,184              10,489     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       67,368              78,652     
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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 July 3, 1997.   
                                                                                
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