HDR1012000150011201951500Egg Products                                           
HDR2012000150011201951500Egg Products Narrative                                 
                                                                                
Released December 1, 1995, 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 statistics,
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                 Shell Eggs Broken Down 1 Percent                               
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 123 million dozen during October 1995, down 1 percent 
from October a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were:  North Atlantic, dow
2; North Central, up 3; South Atlantic, up 4; South Central, down 28; and       
Western, down 8.                                                                
                                                                                
October 1995 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays,  
compared to 21 weekdays (with one holiday) and five Saturdays in October 1994.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 235 million pounds 
during October 1995, down slighlty from the 236 million processed a year ago.   
Ingredients added in processing totaled 7.64 million pounds, up 6 percent from  
a year ago.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
October totaled 166 million pounds, up 7 percent from the October 1994 productio
of 155 million pounds.                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during October, at 36.4 million pounds, was up  
4 percent from the 35.1 million pounds produced during October 1994.            
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during October was 9.32 million pounds, a decreas
of 28 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 (12-95)                                                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011201951500Shell Eggs Broken                                      
                                                                                
              Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region                
                      and United States, October 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 ----------------  
October 1995      :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   20,182    17,819     5,380     2,266    25,465     1,712  
  N Central       :   76,940    57,876    27,572    14,004    99,452     8,211  
  S Atlantic      :    8,924     5,502     3,880     1,867    11,249       974  
  S Central       :    8,209     5,032     3,073     1,666     9,771     1,007  
  West            :    8,249     5,807     2,571     1,387     9,765       683  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  122,504    92,036    42,476    21,190   155,702    12,587  
                  :                                                             
October 1994      :                                                             
  N Atlantic      :   20,524    18,886     5,747     2,080    26,713     1,750  
  N Central       :   74,604    50,042    29,628    15,900    95,570     6,505  
  S Atlantic      :    8,603     5,210     4,262     1,621    11,093       991  
  S Central       :   11,466     7,527     4,613     2,478    14,618     1,522  
  West            :    8,948     6,735     2,650     1,468    10,853       521  
                  :                                                             
  US              :  124,145    88,400    46,900    23,547   158,847    11,289  
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HDR2012000150011201951500Inspected Liquid Eggs                                  
                                                                                
             Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added                
               in Processing, United States, October 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                         
October 1995       :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      : 102,091    47,326    58,689    11,027    16,137   235,270  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,896       164         0     1,582     7,642  
                   :                                                            
October 1994       :                                                            
  Liquid Eggs      :  96,728    41,573    66,357    14,650    17,003   236,311  
  Ingredients Added:       0     5,579       131         0     1,516     7,226  
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           Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,              
                     United States, October 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                         
October 1995       :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  31,087    29,779     9,723    1,182    8,640      80,411  
    For Processing :  48,539     5,913    22,161    6,664    1,947      85,224  
    Total          :  79,626    35,692    31,884    7,846   10,587     165,635  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  15,129    11,436     4,727      147    4,992      36,431  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   1,971     2,170     2,717    1,376    1,085       9,319  
                   :                                                            
October 1994       :                                                            
  Liquid           :                                                            
    For Immediate  :                                                            
     Consumption   :  30,383    23,179     9,513    1,169    8,579      72,823  
    For Processing :  38,799     6,900    24,458    9,523    2,347      82,027  
    Total          :  69,182    30,079    33,971   10,692   10,926     154,850  
                   :                                                            
  Frozen           :  15,304    10,977     4,721      154    3,992      35,148  
                   :                                                            
  Dried            :   3,218     2,409     3,954    1,715    1,661      12,957  
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1/  Includes reinspections of egg products.                                     
2/  Includes all non-egg ingredients added.                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000150011201951500 Reliability                                           
                                                                                
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 Ac
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 ar
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                 
January 9, 1996.                                                                
                                                                                
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