. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. been fed cranben-ies, but straight amino-triazole in enormous quan- tities. In questions and answers there was question as to what would be- come of the surplus. There was no definite answer, but it appeared evident the growers did not want this carried over into another year to create a permanent surplus such as the one the industry had just gotten rid of. iDr. Cross told of early experi- ments with the weed killer and declared that in the 1959 edition of "Current Therapy" under amino triazole, it says, "These herbi
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. been fed cranben-ies, but straight amino-triazole in enormous quan- tities. In questions and answers there was question as to what would be- come of the surplus. There was no definite answer, but it appeared evident the growers did not want this carried over into another year to create a permanent surplus such as the one the industry had just gotten rid of. iDr. Cross told of early experi- ments with the weed killer and declared that in the 1959 edition of "Current Therapy" under amino triazole, it says, "These herbicides or germicides are relatively non- ; He said he had positive proof in a letter that there had been agree- ment in the use of amino between Food and Drug and He said he told Flemming the cran- berry growers have followed the rules. "Food and Drug's own analy- tical work proves, in my opinion, the basic honesty and integrity of our farmers. Who are they kidding that the farmer is the chief weak- ness f" He took a look at the record — not one New Jersey grower has yet been listed by FDA, and in Mass- achusetts there were two seizures, both from shipments by the same grower. "In other words, one grow- er and only one of our 962 growers at present stands accused. This is a tribute to ; Percentagewise, the tainted ber- ries are 730 barrels out of 575,000 ban-els or 1/9 of 1 percent. (Na- tionwide the figure is reported as 1/3 of 1 percent. He concluded: "But any U. S. Administration that can sacrifice and disinherit law-abiding citizens m the way current officials have condemned our cranberry growlers, has departed a great distance from our traditional code of justice. To me this treatment at the hands of our own government is intolerable.' WEST COAST AMINO From Washington State it is reported that almost 10 percent of fresh cranberries tested by the State Agricultural Department in November and early December was tainted with am
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