established herein, irrespective of the nature of the seller or buyer and irrespective of whether the fish livers or viscera are sold through an agent of any kind. (c) Evasion. (1) The price limitations set forth in this order shall not be evaded, either by direct or indirect methods, in connection with an offer, solicitation, agreement, sale, delivery, purchase or receipt of, or relating to, fish livers or viscera separately or in combination with any other commodity or service, or by way of any commission, service, transportation, container, packaging or other charge, or discount premium or other privilege, or by tying agreement or other understanding, or otherwise. (2) Specifically, but not exclusively, the following practices are prohibited: (i) Falsely or incorrectly invoicing fish livers or viscera. (li) Offering, selling, or delivering fish livers or viscera on condition that the purchaser is required to purchase some other commodity or service. (iii) Charging, paying, billing, or receiving any consideration for or in connection with any service for which a specific allowance has not been provided in this order. (d) Records. Every seller and buyer subject to this order, after June 12, 1944, shall keep for inspection by the Office of Price Administration for so long as the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, remains in effect, accurate (e) Containers. Where it has been the and (f) Definitions "Viscera" means the internal organs of (g) Applicability of the General Maximum Price Regulation. All the provisions of the General Maximum Price Regulation not inconsistent with this order shall apply to sales covered by this order. (h) Maximum prices. The prices set forth below are the maximum prices for fish livers and viscera of the designated VITAMIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FORMED BY OPA An organization meeting of the newly appointed members of the industry advisory committee representing vitamin feeding oil producers was held in New York recently, the OPA announced on June 2. The following officers were elected: Chairman--Perc S. Brown, of the National Oil Products Co., Vice-Chairman--A. H. Mendonca, of Secretary--J. J. Feldmann, of Following the election of officers, the committee discussed problems facing the industry, including shortage of vitamin A, shortage of containers, and problems associated with allocation. The committee considered a request by representatives of the Nutrition Committee of the American Feed Manufacturers' Association to make available straight vitamin A feeding oil in potencies of 3000, 4000, and 5000 USP units per gram. The industry group decided that an attempt would be made to furnish feed manufacturers with straight vitamin A feeding oil with a potency of 3000 USP units per gram, and arrangements were made to contact the feed manufacturers to find out whether the one potency would fill their needs. Since there is no established maximum price for feeding oil of this type, OPA will set a price if production is begun. Members of the industry advisory committee, in addition to the officers, are: P. H. Fish, Vitamin Oil Producing and Sales Division, San Francisco, Calif. Eben Carroll, Jr., Gorton Pew Fisheries Co., Gloucester, Mass. F. J. Mullins, East Bay Fisheries, Harry McNeilly, The Borden Vitamin Co., Division of the Borden Co., Foreign Fishery Trade GROUNDFISH FILLET IMPORTS APPROACH YEAR'S QUOTA Imports of fresh or frozen filleted, etc., cod, haddock, hake, pollock, cusk, and rosefish under trade agreements granting reduced tariff rates exceeded four-fifths of the year's quota with less than half of the year completed, the Treasury Department's Bureau of Customs has reported. A release issued June 14 by the Bureau of Customs stated that to June 3, 12,331,047 pounds had been imported. The quota for the calendar year is set at 15 million pounds or 15 percent of the average U. S. consumption for the last 3 years. CANADIAN INSPECTION OF WHITEFISH TO BE ESTABLISHED A recent announcement by the Department of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, discloses that the Dominion Department of Fisheries and the provincial authorities of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are planning an inspection service for all Prairie Province whitefish going into export trade. The system is being established to become operative the latter part of 1944. In preparation, a survey is being made of the area, and inspection regulations are being compiled. Statistical Summaries WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FRICES Continuing the decline reflected in previous months' figures, prices of fresh and frozen fish fell about five percent between mid-April and mid-May, according to figures published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. This drop contrasted with a slight fall in wholesale prices of all foods and commodities and a slight gain in retail prices of foods. The continued decline in fresh and frozen fish prices brought these commodities to a virtual par with prices of a year earlier. Canned pink and red salmon remained slightly in advance of 1943 figures. CANNED SARDINES LEAD ITEMS PURCHASED BY WFA IN MAY The WFA purchased $2,119,000 worth of fishery products in May, according to reports from that agency. Canned sardines and squid were the main items purchased. WFA purchases in May totaled $188,656,000. For the first five months of 1944, $10,821,000 had been spent for fishery products, the bulk of this figure being expended for canned salmon, pilchards, and sardines, and Vitamin A fish-liver oil. May landings at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland 72 percent greater than in 1943 New York receipts gain 10 percent in May Improved weather helps Gulf shrimp production... Chicago receipts in May about one third below 1943...... Receipts of fishery products at Seattle show improvement during May ........... FROZEN FISH TRADE U. S. holdings of fishery products on June 1 show increase Mackerel freezings increase 5 million pounds during May New York holdings continue to increase in May Boston holdings continue to climb in May Chicago cold-storage holdings at end of May total 6,954,000 pounds Canadian cold-storage holdings 12 percent above 1943 on June 1 CANNED AND CURED FISH TRADE May California tuna pack shows gains over April and previous year BYPRODUCTS TRADE FOREIGN FISHERY TRADE Groundfish fillet imports approach year's quota STATISTICAL SUMMARIES Wholesale and retail prices Trends of fishery trade Fishery trade indicators 101486 Page Compositor--Jean Zalevsky 1/ Includes all arrivals as reported by express and rail terminals, and truck receipts as 2/ Data for individual cities are as of the last Thursday of the month, except those for |