HDR1012000150010116961500EGG PRODUCTS                                           
HDR2012000150010116961500EGG PRODUCTS NARRATIVES AND TABLES                     
Released Janaury 16, 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 statistics,
information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information  
Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV.                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Shell Eggs Broken Down 4 Percent                              
                                                                                
Shell eggs broken totaled 117 million dozen during November 1995, down 4 percent
from November a year ago.  Regional percentage changes were: North Atlantic, up 
11; North Central, down 3; South Atlantic, down 3; South Central, down 37; and  
Western, down 11.                                                               
                                                                                
November 1995 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays,
the same as November 1994.                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg products used in processing amounted to 228 million pounds 
during November 1995, down 2 percent from the 234 million processed a year ago. 
Ingredients added in processing totaled 6.97 million pounds, down 11 percent    
from a year ago.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected liquid egg production for immediate consumption and processing during 
November totaled 166 million pounds, up 10 percent from the November 1994       
production of 151 million pounds.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected frozen egg production during November, at 32.9 million pounds, was    
down  12 percent from the 37.5 million pounds produced during November 1994.    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Inspected dried egg production during November was 7.85 million pounds, a       
decrease of 38 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 (01-96)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Shell Eggs Broken:  Federally Inspected, by Region               
                       and United States, November 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 ---------------- 
 November 1995     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   20,952    19,697     5,126     2,479    27,302     1,752 
   N Central       :   73,289    56,280    25,717    12,964    94,961     7,572 
   S Atlantic      :    8,493     5,523     3,493     1,713    10,729       870 
   S Central       :    6,863     4,278     2,760     1,284     8,322       838 
   West            :    7,200     5,180     2,266     1,139     8,585       609 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  116,797    90,958    39,362    19,579   149,899    11,641 
                   :                                                            
 November 1994     :                                                            
   N Atlantic      :   18,915    18,032     4,407     1,866    24,305     1,694 
   N Central       :   75,264    50,017    30,874    16,568    97,459     7,081 
   S Atlantic      :    8,750     4,654     4,383     2,151    11,188     1,091 
   S Central       :   10,946     6,165     4,539     2,492    13,196     1,372 
   West            :    8,105     6,449     2,190     1,100     9,739       597 
                   :                                                            
   US              :  121,980    85,317    46,393    24,177   155,887    11,835 
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              Inspected Liquid Eggs:  Usage and Ingredients Added               
               in Processing, United States, November 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                        
 November 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      : 100,448    49,752    53,021     9,949    14,852   228,022 
   Ingredients Added:       0     5,333       145         0     1,494     6,972 
                    :                                                           
 November 1994      :                                                           
   Liquid Eggs      :  90,737    42,562    65,428    18,095    16,899   233,721 
   Ingredients Added:       0     6,028       139         0     1,676     7,843 
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            Inspected Product:  By Form as Distributed in Commerce,             
                     United States, November 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                        
 November 1995      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  32,550    32,664    10,484    1,131    8,387      85,216 
     For Processing :  46,638     6,603    19,481    6,212    2,306      81,240 
     Total          :  79,188    39,267    29,965    7,343   10,693     166,456 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  14,229    11,315     3,565      118    3,705      32,932 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   1,844     1,644     2,342    1,155      865       7,850 
                    :                                                           
 November 1994      :                                                           
   Liquid           :                                                           
     For Immediate  :                                                           
      Consumption   :  29,369    23,221    10,937    1,139    7,770      72,436 
     For Processing :  36,274     7,457    21,957   10,830    1,721      78,239 
     Total          :  65,643    30,678    32,894   11,969    9,491     150,675 
                    :                                                           
   Frozen           :  16,274    11,588     3,829      184    5,660      37,535 
                    :                                                           
   Dried            :   2,272     2,202     3,992    2,575    1,651      12,692 
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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 - November 30, 1994-95                 
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                                         :                 Period               
                                         :--------------------------------------
                    Item                 :   Oct 1, 1994-    :   Oct 1, 1995-   
                                         :   Nov 30, 1994    :   Nov 30, 1995   
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                                         :              1,000 Dozen             
                                         :                                      
 Shell Eggs Broken                       :      246,125             239,301     
                                         :                                      
                                         :              1,000 Pounds            
 Edible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken    :                                      
   Whole                                 :      173,717             182,994     
   White                                 :       93,293              81,838     
   Yolk                                  :       47,724              40,769     
                                         :                                      
   Total                                 :      314,734             305,601     
                                         :                                      
 Inedible Liquid from Shell Eggs Broken  :       23,124              24,228     
                                         :                                      
 During Processing                       :                                      
   Liquid Eggs Inspected 1/              :      470,032             463,292     
   Ingredients Added in Processing       :       15,069              14,614     
                                         :                                      
 Product Produced for Immediate          :                                      
  Consumption and Processing 1/ 2/       :                                      
   Liquid Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :      134,825             158,814     
     Whole Blends                        :       60,757              74,959     
     White                               :       66,865              61,849     
     Yolk Plain                          :       22,661              15,189     
     Yolk Blends                         :       20,417              21,280     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :      305,525             332,091     
                                         :                                      
   Frozen Product Produced               :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :       31,578              29,358     
     Whole Blends                        :       22,565              22,751     
     White                               :        8,550               8,292     
     Yolk Plain                          :          338                 265     
     Yolk Blends                         :        9,652               8,697     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       72,683              69,363     
                                         :                                      
   Dried Product Produced                :                                      
     Whole Plain                         :        5,490               3,815     
     Whole Blends                        :        4,611               3,814     
     White                               :        7,946               5,059     
     Yolk Plain                          :        4,290               2,531     
     Yolk Blends                         :        3,312               1,950     
                                         :                                      
     Total                               :       25,649              17,169     
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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                 
February 2, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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