HDR1012000150010903961500Egg Products

Released September 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 20 Percent

Shell eggs broken totaled 136 million dozen during July 1996, up 20 percent
from July a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up
20; North Central, up 24; South Atlantic, up 5; South Central, up 8; and
Western, up 7.

July 1996 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,
compared to 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays in July
1995.

Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 257 million
pounds during July 1996, up 19 percent from July the previous year.
Ingredients added in processing totaled 8.41 million pounds, up 21 percent
from a year ago.

Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing
during July totaled 181 million pounds, up 19 percent from the July 1995
production of 152 million pounds.

Inspected frozen egg production during July, at 33.8 million pounds, up
20 percent from the 28.2 million pounds produced during July 1995.

Inspected dried egg production during July was 11.1 million pounds, an
increase of 16 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 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 ----------------
 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
                   :
 July 1995         :
   N Atlantic      :   18,917    16,188     5,422     2,263    23,873     1,602
   N Central       :   71,370    48,563    27,418    14,158    90,139     6,516
   S Atlantic      :    8,098     4,564     3,416     1,798     9,778       868
   S Central       :    8,163     5,658     2,527     1,251     9,436       935
   West            :    7,161     4,819     2,074     1,242     8,135       722
                   :
   US              :  113,709    79,792    40,857    20,712   141,361    10,643
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added
                 in Processing, United States, July 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
 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
                    :
 July 1995          :
   Liquid Eggs      :  87,052    44,783    57,225    11,334    16,741   217,135
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,195       156         0     1,598     6,949
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,
                       United States, July 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
 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
                    :
 July 1995          :
   Liquid           :
     For Immediate  :
      Consumption   :  26,751    28,462     7,289      734    8,382      71,618
     For Processing :  41,951     5,920    21,709    8,381    2,787      80,748
     Total          :  68,702    34,382    28,998    9,115   11,169     152,366
                    :
   Frozen           :  11,002     9,044     3,954      248    3,987      28,235
                    :
   Dried            :   1,970     2,172     3,193      866    1,384       9,585
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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, 1995-96
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                                         :                 Period
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-
                                         :   Jul 31, 1995    :   Jul 31, 1996
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen
                                         :
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :    1,196,757           1,219,233
                                         :
                                         :              1,000 Pounds
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :
   Whole                                 :      842,975             910,965
   White                                 :      454,464             431,911
   Yolk                                  :      235,710             219,534
                                         :
   Total                                 :    1,533,149           1,562,410
                                         :
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :      114,982             120,032
                                         :
 During Processing                       :
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :    2,312,767           2,386,782
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       77,134              79,613
                                         :
 Product Produced for Immediate          :
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :
   Liquid Product Produced               :
     Whole Plain                         :      670,852             778,084
     Whole Blends                        :      331,282             387,518
     White                               :      326,168             317,441
     Yolk Plain                          :      104,257              83,831
     Yolk Blends                         :      106,796             112,807
                                         :
     Total                               :    1,539,355           1,679,681
                                         :
   Frozen Product Produced               :
     Whole Plain                         :      134,807             131,379
     Whole Blends                        :      104,746             111,266
     White                               :       40,731              37,366
     Yolk Plain                          :        3,804               1,669
     Yolk Blends                         :       55,757              44,995
                                         :
     Total                               :      339,845             326,675
                                         :
   Dried Product Produced                :
     Whole Plain                         :       23,235              19,760
     Whole Blends                        :       26,427              24,897
     White                               :       36,428              29,558
     Yolk Plain                          :       19,208              16,554
     Yolk Blends                         :       15,203              12,001
                                         :
     Total                               :      120,501             102,770
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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 3:00 P.M. ET on
October 4, 1996.

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