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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Washington, cranberry producers assured the public that all tainted berries treated with weed killer aminotriazole are off the market, claiming 1958 canned sauce and fresh cranberries are safe. They urged Secretary Flemming to confirm this and presented a five-point plan at his conference.
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WASHINGTON, (AP--Cranberry producers asserted today that their products now on the market are safe to eat. They called on Secretary of Welfare Arthur Flemming to give that reassurance to the American public.
Ambrose E. Stevens, general manager of a cooperative which he said represents 75 per cent of the cranberry crop, said canned cranberry sauce now on store shelves was made from berries harvested in 1958.
Neither the Food and Drug Administration nor producers, Stevens said. have any reason to believe that last year's crop was improperly treated in any manner with the weed killer aminotriazole.
"The very careful restrictions made by us on fresh berries also indicate that 10 million pounds of fresh cranberries in grocery stores are also entirely pure," Stevens added.
Stevens, at a conference called by Flemming, presented a five-point industry program designed to relieve Americans of any worry.
Flemming's stated purpose in setting up today's meeting was to hear from the industry a plan to separate the clean berries from those which have been contaminated. So far the only method has been painstaking and slow chemical testing of each batch.
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Washington
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cranberry producers asserted that products on the market are safe; presented a five-point industry program to relieve public worry; method to separate clean from contaminated berries involves chemical testing.
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Cranberry producers, represented by Ambrose E. Stevens of a cooperative covering 75% of the crop, stated that canned sauce from 1958 harvest and 10 million pounds of fresh berries are pure and untreated with aminotriazole. At a conference called by Secretary of Welfare Arthur Flemming, they called for public reassurance and outlined a plan to address contamination concerns.