Annual Report -6- 



Department issued I|.0 written Stop Sale orders at retail store level, 

 mostly for old seed being offered for sale, had many pounds voluntarily 

 removed and made many verbal warnings on seed sale violations. 



This is just one more important consximer protection service 

 which the Division is charged with and which it finds more difficult 

 to contend with because of a shortage of personnal and funds« 



Regarding our price reporting service, the Boston wholesale 

 produce market is our largest and most important. Here we have a 

 reporter who is in the Paneuil Hall Market very early in the morning 

 during the peak of wholesale market transactions collecting the day's 

 receipts, prices, and market trends from nearby suppliers and com- 

 mission houses, makes direct report from market by tape over tel- 

 ephone for radio and television transmission at 6:00 A.M., as well 

 as calls to other radio stations in other New England states for 

 quick dissemination. Back at the office about 8:30 A,M, this re- 

 porter completes his resume of the market by calling chain store 

 headquarters to wind up the Boston market information, after which 

 he exchanges information with the Federal market reporter on nearby 

 receipts for information on competing shipped in out-of-state produce. 

 This friendly cooperation makes for efficiency in reducing duplica- 

 tion between Federal and state services. After all statistics and 

 market trends are collected, a daily Boston Wholesale Market Report 

 is edited and mailed to a large subscription list in cooperation with 

 the Boston Market Gardeners Association, This report also includes 

 each week a summary of the previous week's produce receipts and 

 comparison with corresponding week of previous year. Also, during 

 the peak marketing season for local produce during August and 

 September, mid-week F.O.B. Massachusetts farm prices together with 



