FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS 



203 



Table 9. — Quantities of frozen fish handled in cold storage in Greater New York 

 City and Jersey City, N. J., monthly, for the year ended December 15, 1924^ 



Month ended- 



On hand at 

 beginning 

 of month 



Frozen 

 during 

 month 



Received 

 frozen dur- 

 ing month 



Withdrawn 

 during 

 month 



On hand 



at end of 



month 



January 15_.. 

 February 15. 



March 15 



ApriU5 



MaylS 



June 15 



July 15 



August 15 



September 15 



October 15 



November 15 

 December 15. 



Pounds 

 10, 418, 335 

 9, 707, 260 

 8, 343, 884 

 6, 551, 501 



4, 526, 661 

 3, 958, 892 

 4, 308, 872 

 4, 990. 485 



5, 693, 054 

 6,121,393 

 7, 404, 399 

 8, 742, 285 



Pounds 



196, 359 



754 



6,901 



78, 003 



839, 247 



1, 207, 855 



1,055,672 



1, 059, 480 



1,014,152 



1,137,864 



918, 922 



524, 459 



Pounds 



2, 390, 0G3 



2, 296, 022 



2, 140, 750 



1, 059, 064 



239. 954 



165, 961 



270, 425 



478, 514 



564, 333 



1,331,318 



2, 195. 625 



2, 790, 229 



Pounds 

 3, 297, 497 

 3, fiCO, 152 

 3, 940, 034 

 3, 101, 907 

 1, 646, 970 

 1,023,836 

 644, 484 

 835, 425 

 1, 150, 146 

 1, 185, 176 



1, 776, 661 



2, 369, 532 



Pounds 

 9, 707, 260 



8, 343, 884 

 6, 551, 501 

 4, 526, 661 

 3, 958, 892 

 4, 308, 872 

 4, 990, 485 

 5, 693, 054 

 6, 121, 393 

 7, 404. 399 

 8, 742, 285 



9, 687, 441 



1 Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 

 REGULATIONS GOVERNING COLD STORAGE 



Certain regulations govern the conduct of cold-storage warehouses 

 and food kept in cold storage in New York City. The following 

 excerpts are taken from' the Sanitary Code of the Board of Health, 

 -city of New York, for 1922: 



Article 5 



sec. 72. cold-storage food to be marked 



It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corpora- 

 tions, engaged in the business of cold-storage warehousemen or in the business 

 of refrigerating, to receive any kind of food unless the said food is in an apparently 

 pure and wholesome condition, and the food or the package containing the same 

 is branded, stamped, or marked in some conspicuous place with the day, month, 

 and year when the same is received in storage or refrigeration. 



It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations, 

 engaged in the business of cold-storage warehousemen or in the business of refriger- 

 ating, to permit any article of any kind whatsoever used for food in the possession 

 of any person or persons, corporation or corporations, engaged in the business of 

 cold-storage warehousemen or refrigerating, to be taken from their possession 

 without first having branded, stamped, or marked on said foodstuffs or the 

 package containing same in a conspicuous place the day, month, and year when 

 said foodstuffs or package was removed from cold-storage refrigeration. 



It shall also be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations, 

 to offer for storage in a cold-storage warehouse any article of food unless the 

 same is in an apparently pure and wholesome condition. 



SEC. 73. TIME THAT COLD-STORAGE FOOD MAY BE KEPT 



It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corpora- 

 tions, engaged in the business of cold-storage warehousemen or refrigerating, or for 

 any person or corporation placing food in a cold-storage warehouse, to keep in 

 storage for preservation or otherwise any kind of food or any article used for 

 food a longer period than 12 calendar months. (As amended by the board of 

 health December 31, 1918.) 



SEC. 74. FOOD WHEN RELEASED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING SAME ON MARKET 

 FOR SALE NOT TO BE RETURNED TO COLD STORAGE 



When food has been in cold storage or refrigeration and is released therefrom 

 for the purpose of placing the same on the market for sale, it sliall be a viola- 

 tion of the provisions of this article to again place such food in cold storage or 

 refrigeration. 



