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COrtERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 13, No. 7 



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CAMNII'lG INDUSTRY COMPLIANCE SURVEY IN PR0G51ESS : The start of a five-week sur- 

 vey of the canning industry's compliance with NPA orders and regulations was announced 

 by the National Production Authority on July 18. 



The survey will cover business operations for the first half of 1951 of about 

 350 packers and distributors of canned fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, and other 

 food and nonfood products — a representative group of large, medium, and small com- 

 panies geographically scattered throughout the United States. 



Federal Trade Commission investigators will conduct the survey under NPA's di- 

 rection. The survey is being made to determine the canning industry's understanding 

 of the compliance with NPA Order M-25 and Regulations S and 4. 



Order ^1-85, issued Jan. 27, 1951, restricts the use of cans made of tin plate 

 and terneplate and provides specifications for their production. The order was 

 issued to conserve tin for national defense requirements. 



Regulation 2, issued Oct. 3, 1950, set up the basic rules for NPA's priority 

 system to assure preference for defense and defense-supporting production. Regu- 

 lation 4, issued Feb, 27, 1951, authorized the use of a DO-priority rating for pro- 

 curement of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. 



These points will be emphasized in the canning industry compliance survey: 

 (1) inventory position; (2) use of materials; (3) certifications for delivery of 

 cans; (4) applications for adjustment or exception; (5) treatment of DO-rated 

 orders; and (6) record-keeping as required by NPA orders and regulations. 



The canning industry survey will be NPA's fourth major conipliance study. Other 

 surveys covered 330 representative aluminum con^anies; 345 representative producers 

 of copper and copper-base alloy products; and the use of DO-priority ratings for 

 MRO supplies by 900 representative companies in a cross-section of the nation's in- 

 dustries and trades. 



The surveys have indicated that U. S. industry's compliance with NPA orders 

 and regulations is "generally good," NPA officials reported. The agency is now 

 investigating individual cases of noncompliance. Where companies failed to con^jly 

 with NPA orders and regulations because of misunderstanding, the agency is instruct- 

 ing company executives in proper congiliance with orders, ^Ahere deliberate viola- 

 tions are uncovered, NPA is referring the cases to the Department of Justice for 

 prosecution. 



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