cept Alaska seal) in the manufacture of lubricants and metal working compounds, other than core oil. Their use in the manufacture of core oils, printing inks, and for all purposes not included in the amended order, must be specifically authorized by the Director of Food Distribution. Other users of fish oil have been assigned quotas as follows, for the twelve-month period beginning October 1, 1943: (1) Packers of canned salmon--100 percent of quantity used in 1942. (2) Manufacturers of vitamin feeding oils, medicinals or pharmaceuticals, natural leather, terne plating, galvanizing, hot dip tinning, caulking compounds and putties-100 percent of the quantity used in the corresponding calendar quarter of 1942. (3) Manufacturers of shortening, water soluble soap, linoleum, felt base floor covering, oil cloth and coated fabrics--60 percent of the quantity used in 1942. Alaska herring and Alaska seal oils are not permitted for these purposes, however. (4) Manufacturers of paints, varnishes, lacquers, and other protective coatings-60 percent of the quantity used in the corresponding calendar quarter of 1942. The original order permitted the unlimited use of fish oils in canned salmon and most of the products in group (2). Their use in the products of groups (3) and (4) was limited to 40 percent of the average quantity used in 1940 and 1941. The term "fish oil" has been defined in the amended order as all such oil whether crude, refined, pressed, sulphonated, or otherwise processed, and all its byproducts and derivatives (except pitch), including foots, stearine, and fatty acids; and the "fish oil" content of any other product. The amended order permits manufacturers who use not more than 1,000 pounds of fish oil per quarter to operate without restriction, but this exception does not apply to the use of these oils by a feed manufacturer, or to the use of Alaska seal oil for any purpose other than in natural leather. A provision of the original order which exempted all fish oils produced prior to June 1, or processed prior to July 1, has been eliminated from the amended order. The order, therefore, covers all stocks on hand, regardless of when produced. Manufacturers desiring to use fish oils for purposes not covered by the order, or quantities in excess of quotas, may apply for allocation on Form FDA-478 to the Fats and Oils Branch, Food Distribution Administration, Washington 25, D. C., Ref. FD0-60. Manufacturers using 6,000 pounds (or more) of fish oil per quarter are required by the amended order to report this use to the Bureau of the Census, Washington 25, D. C., on Census Forms BM-1 and BM-2. If a manufacturer has been reporting his use to the Census under FDO-42, the general order on fats and oils, he should continue to do so. If he has not heretofore reported, but is now subject to provisions of FD0-60 amended, he should report his usage (of 6,000 pounds or more) to the Bureau of Census on the Census forms. Census Forms BM-1 and BM-2 are the same forms used in reporting on all fats and oils under FDO-42. No provision has been made in the amended order for the exempt use of oil in products delivered to the Armed Services, as FDO-59 creates a reserve from which oil for these purposes is allocated when necessary. Amendment 1 to FDO-60, which is a complete revision of the original order, is excerpted as follows: (a) (1) "Fish oil" means oil, other than oil produced solely from the livers of fish or marine animals, produced by the reduction of the whole or any part, including offal, of any fish or marine animal of the following species, commonly known as: California Sardine or Pacific Coast Pilchard (Sardina caerulea), Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), Alaska Herring (Clupea pallasii), West Coast Mackerel Scomber diego), Tuna and tuna-like fish, Salmon (Genus: Oncorhynchus), Rosefish (Sebastes marinus), and Alaska Seal. The term shall include all such oil, whether crude, refined, pressed, sulphonated or otherwise processed; all the by-products and derivatives of such oil, other than pitch, including foots, stearine, and fatty acids; and the "fish oil" content of any other product. (5) "Quota period" means the twelve-month period beginning on October 1, of any year and ending on September 30, of the following year. For the purposes of this order, the first quota period shall begin on October 1, 1943. (6) "Calendar quarter" means the several three-month periods of the year beginning on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. For the purpose of this order, the first calendar quarter shall begin on October 1, 1943. (b) Restrictions on use and consumption. Except as provided for in paragraph (c) of this order, no manufacturer shall use or consume fish oil, unless and except as specifically authorized by the Director. Applications for such authorizations shall be made on Form FDA-478, or such other form or forms as the Director may prescribe. (c) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) hereof, specific authorization by the Director shall not be required for: (1) The use or consumption by any manufacturer in any quota period of fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil, in any class of use listed in Schedule A below, in a quantity not in excess of a quota equal to the percentage specified in such Schedule A of the fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil, used by such manufacturer in such class of use during the calendar year of 1942. Schedule A Class of use: Manufacture of shortening Manufacture of water soluble soaps Manufacture of linoleum, felt base floor covering, and oil cloth used for floor covering Permitted percentage 88888 60 60 100 A quota established hereunder for one class of use may not be transferred to another class of use. (2) The use or consumption by any manufacturer in any calendar quarter of fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil, in any class of use listed in Schedule B below, in a quantity not in excess of a quota equal to the percentage specified in such Schedule B of the fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil, used by such manufacturer in such class of use during the corresponding calendar quarter of 1942: Provided, however, That with respect to the calendar quarter beginning on October 1, 1943, any manufacturer may, without specific authorization from the Director, use or consume, in the period beginning on November 1, 1943 and ending on December 31, 1943, in each class of use listed in Schedule B below, a quantity of fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or' Alaska Seal Oil, equal to two-thirds of his quota for such class of use for such quarter, without regard to the quantity of fish oil used or consumed by him in such class of use in October 1943. Schedule B Class of use: Permitted percentage Manufacture of vitamin feeding oil having a guaranteed minimum potency of 400 A.0.A.C. units of Vitamin D per gram. . . 100 Manufacture of medicinals or pharmaceuticals for human or animal consumption 100 Manufacture of natural leather . . 100 Manufacture of terne plate, galvanized metal, and hot dipped tin 100 100 Manufacture of paints, varnishes, lacquers, and other protective coatings, except alkyd resins 60 A quota established hereunder for one class of use may not be transferred to another class of use. (3) The use or consumption by any manufacturer of any fish oil, other than Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil, in the manufacture of alkyd resins, or metallic soaps; or as a rubber compounding ingredient in the manufacture of natural or synthetic rubber products. (4) The use or consumption by any manufacturer of Alaska Herring Oil or Alaska Seal Oil in the manufacture of natural leather. (5) The use or consumption by any manufacturer of any fish oil, other than Alaska Seal Oil, in the manufacture of lubricants and metal working compounds, other than core oils. (6) The use or consumption by any feed manufacturer of any vitamin feeding oil containing not less than 400 A.0.A.C. units of Vitamin D per gram. (7) The use or consumption of fish oil, other than Alaska Seal Oil, in any calendar quarter, by any manufacturer, other than a feed manufacturer, who does not use or consume in excess of 1000 pounds of fish oil during such calendar quarter. (d) Restrictions on processing. Unless and except as specifically authorized by the Director, no person shall process Alaska Seal Oil, except in such a manner as to render it suitable for use or consumption in the manufacturing of natural leather; or Alaska Herring Oil, except in such a manner as to render it suitable for use or consumption either in the manufacture of natural leather or in the manufacture of lubricants and metal working compounds, other than core oil. (e) Restriction, on delivery. Unless and except as specifically authorized by the Director, no person shall deliver crude fish oil or crude fish oil to which vitamins may have been added, if such oil does not contain 400 A.0.A.C units of Vitamin D per gram, to any person other than a manufacturer or a person who processes such oil for sale to a manufacturer. (f) FDO 42. The restrictions of this order shall be construed as being supplemental to the restrictions of Food Distribution Order 42, as amended. (m) Territorial extent. This order shall apply only to the forty-eight States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Alaska. VITAMIN A ADVISORY COMMITTEE FORMED BY OPA A formal advisory committee for the vitamin A industry has been appointed to confer with the Office of Price Administration regarding pricing and distribution problems, OPA announced on November 19. Oil derived from certain fish livers, notably those of the soupfin shark, halibut, and dogfish, is presently the only commercial source of vitamin A. A meeting was held in Chicago, Thursday, November 18, when the provisions of a proposed amendment to the regulation covering vitamin A oils were discussed with OPA representatives. Bayard Taylor, OPA regional price executive in Chicago, presided. Joseph D. Coppock, price executive, Chemicals and Drugs Price Branch, and E. W. Ranson, and J. W. Reid of the Washington office also attended. The advisory panel is an outgrowth of numerous conferences held between representatives of OPA and all branches of the vitamin A industry. All interested groups are represented on the committee including fishermen, producers on the east and west coasts, and vitamin A concentrators. The members of the committee and the groups represented are: 1. Fishermen: Lyle Branchflower, Lyle Branchflower Company, Seattle, Washington. 2. Oil producers: Perc S. Brown, National Oil Products Company, Harrison, New Jersey; George W. Burchard, Jr., Washington Laboratories, Seattle, Washington; Earling F. Week, Jr., Technical Fisheries Company, San Francisco; Price M. French, Shark Industries, Inc., Hialeah, Florida; A. H. Mendonca, F. E. Booth Company, Inc., San Francisco; H. O. McCutchan, Mead Johnson Company, Evansville, Indiana, P. H. Fish, California Packing Corporation, San Francisco. 3. Concentrators: G. C. Mees, Distillation Products, Incorporated, Rochester, New York; Charles C. Dawes, Dawes Products Company, Chicago. ALASKAN FISH MEAL CONSIDERED IMPORTED PRODUCT Alaskan fish meal or scrap and Alaskan dry rendered tankage and other animal product feedingstuffs sold within the United States are to be considered "imported" products for the purpose of allowing them the same maximum prices as similar products produced in a foreign country, the Office of Price Administration announced on November 4. Clarifying its definition of "imported," OPA said that the term, as applied to these Alaskan products, means commodities produced outside the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia. This action was taken through Amendment No. 5 to Revised Price Schedule 73 (Fish Meal) and Amendment No. 4 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 74 (Animal Product Feedingstuffs), effective November 9, 1943. Foreign Fishery Trade TREATY FISH IMPORTS TOTAL 14,828,000 POUNDS AS OF NOVEMBER 27 With December totals yet to be included, imports of fresh and frozen cod, haddock, hake, pollock, cusk, and rosefish for 1943 had absorbed 83.3 percent of the year's quota to November 27, according to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Customs. Of the quota of 17,804,128 pounds allowed under Customs Limitations Paragraph 717(b), Tariff Act of 1930, for the calendar year, imports of 14,828,350 pounds were recorded to November 27. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES The wholesale price index on all commodities increased 0.1 percent in the four-week period ending September 18, according to information furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On September 14, the retail index on all foods stood at 137.4 percent of the 1935-39 average, 0.1 percent above one month earlier and 8.5 percent above September 15, 1942. VALUE OF FISHERY PURCHASES BY FDA REACHES $8,256,159 IN AUGUST Largely because of much greater purchases of dry-salted fish and canned salmon, the total value of fishery products purchased by FDA in August amounted to $8,256,159, according to information furnished by the Department of Agriculture. This surpassed the totals for each of the previous months of 1943 and brought the total for the first eight months of the year to $28,802,238. Purchases of food and non-foodstuffs for Lend-lease, territorial emergency, Red Cross, and other purposes during August were valued at $124,278,130. Purchases of Fishery Products by F.D.A. F.0.B. Cost Mar. 15, 1941--Aug. 31, 1943 22,235 886,443 4,021,544 Jan, 1--Aug. 31, 1943 مة do do do 64,812 289,048 891,179 3,593,688 5,623,227 do do 244,035 2,414,830 716,621 7,002,623 5,812,629 14,740 20,519,904 55,467,792 22,629 257,985 22,629 257,985 204,260 831,307 635,077 2,585,738 2,764,999 10,992,706 do 46,299 957,964 327,331 4.924,776 do do do 90,000 268,750 90,000 268,750 *For abbreviations, see similar Index, May issue Fishery Market News, p. 34 |