HDR1012000150010404961500Egg Products                                           
                                                                                
Released April 4, 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       
hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural      
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                 Shell Eggs Broken Down 3 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 108 million dozen during February 1996, down 3        
percent from February a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were:  North     
Atlantic, down 9; North Central, up 5; South Atlantic, down 17; South Central,  
down 31; and Western, down 17.                                                  
                                                                                
February 1996 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and four            
Saturdays,  compared to 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays  
in February 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 213 million        
pounds during February 1996, down 1 percent from February the previous year.    
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.35 million pounds, up 6 percent from  
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing        
during February totaled 151 million pounds, up 4 percent from the February      
1995 production of 145 million pounds.                                          
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during February, at 28.1 million pounds, was    
down 8 percent from the 30.6 million pounds produced during February 1995.      
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during February was 9.92 million pounds, a       
decrease of 16 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 (4-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                       and United States, February 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 ---------------- 
 February 1996     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   19,490    17,952     4,935     2,114    25,001     1,658 
   N Central       :   70,669    52,118    25,640    13,529    91,287     6,972 
   S Atlantic      :    6,558     4,252     2,524     1,410     8,186       818 
   S Central       :    5,608     3,537     2,393     1,066     6,996       621 
   West            :    5,832     3,901     1,939     1,051     6,891       558 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  108,157    81,760    37,431    19,170   138,361    10,627 
                   :                                                            
 February 1995     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   21,390    18,991     5,796     3,141    27,928     1,929 
   N Central       :   67,172    43,323    29,060    15,430    87,813     6,444 
   S Atlantic      :    7,918     4,102     4,038     1,986    10,126       901 
   S Central       :    8,182     4,646     3,506     2,043    10,195     1,069 
   West            :    7,023     5,246     2,236       968     8,450       596 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  111,685    76,308    44,636    23,568   144,512    10,939 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, February 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                        
 February 1996      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  87,415    47,549    51,910    11,061    15,403   213,338 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,753       156         0     1,437     7,346 
                    :                                                           
 February 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  80,896    38,469    63,252    14,880    18,814   216,311 
   Ingredients Added:       0     4,925       114         0     1,873     6,912 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, February 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                        
 February 1996      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  31,115    29,552    11,408    2,035    7,696      81,806 
     For Processing :  38,833     5,660    17,275    5,566    1,809      69,143 
     Total          :  69,948    35,212    28,683    7,601    9,505     150,949 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  10,553     9,402     3,853       76    4,242      28,126 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,804     2,750     2,366    1,515    1,480       9,915 
                    :                                                           
 February 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  30,237    21,594    10,109    1,021    6,315      69,276 
     For Processing :  31,299     6,523    24,670    9,273    3,475      75,240 
     Total          :  61,536    28,117    34,779   10,294    9,790     144,516 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  11,486     8,053     2,991       58    8,061      30,649 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,069     2,629     3,611    2,025    1,417      11,751 
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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 - February 28, 1995-96                 
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Feb 28, 1995    :   Feb 28, 1996   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      593,672             577,000     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      417,645             439,438     
   White                                 :      227,170             198,566     
   Yolk                                  :      117,602             100,080     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      762,417             738,084     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       57,315              57,511     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    1,142,013           1,125,663     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       36,890              37,066     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      321,829             373,743     
     Whole Blends                        :      152,286             182,333     
     White                               :      163,662             152,444     
     Yolk Plain                          :       54,760              39,566     
     Yolk Blends                         :       50,115              50,771     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      742,652             798,857     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       73,659              67,013     
     Whole Blends                        :       53,177              54,560     
     White                               :       20,327              18,683     
     Yolk Plain                          :          537                 525     
     Yolk Blends                         :       30,967              22,066     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      178,667             162,847     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       11,660               9,323     
     Whole Blends                        :       13,850              11,818     
     White                               :       18,998              12,632     
     Yolk Plain                          :       10,070               7,299     
     Yolk Blends                         :        7,702               5,136     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       62,280              46,208     
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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                 
May 3, 1996.                                                                    
                                                                                
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