July 1951 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



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KLSCKT.T.AHSOUS AMENDMENTS TO CFR 22: Amendment 10 to CPR 22 — ^Manufacturers' 

 General Ceiling Price Regulation — waa issued on June 19 by tlie Office of Price 

 Stabilization. This amendiaent clarifies the language of CFR 22, provides new op- 

 tional methods for determining material costs, and permits uiien5>loyment insurance 

 payments to be reflected in labor cost calculations. 



This amendment permits the manufacturer to add to his recongjuted payroll his 

 increased "cost between the end of his base period and March 15, 1951, due to re- 

 quired payments under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemr- 

 ployment Tax Act, and any state or local unemployment compensation law. The amount 

 of these payments is directly affected by an increase in wage rates and it was the 

 original intent of the regulation to permit manufacturers to reflect such increases. 



In addition, the treatment of retroactive wage increases is clarified by this 

 amendment which provides that any wage increase or "fringe benefit" granted or de- 

 termined after March 15, 1951, even though granted or determined prior to April 25, 

 1951 (the date of the issuance of Ceiling Price Regulation 22) and retroactive to 

 March 15, 1951, or any prior date, and pursuant to a contract in effect on March 15, 

 1951, is not be to included in the "labor cost adjustment," The regulation has been 

 interpreted in this manner before the issuance of this amendment by Interpretation 5 

 of CPR 22, 



This amendment also provides, nmnng other things, three additional optional 

 methods for determining the cost of a manufacturing material as of the dates pre- 

 scribed by CPR 22. 



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ALL FISHERY PRODUCTS EXCEPT GAIMBD EXEMFTBD mOtl CFR 22: AH salmon and salmon 

 products in any form, and all other fish, shellfish, and seafood and products there- 

 of except when sterilized in hermetically sealed containers, are excluded from the 

 Manufacturers' General Ceiling Price Regulation, CPR 22, the Office of Price Stabil- 

 ization announced on June 29, This exemption was established by Amendment 13 (Ex- 

 emption of Fish and Related Comnodities) and CPR 22. 



Salmon and salmon products are excluded because a tailored regulation covering 

 these products will be issued shortly. 



Other products covered by the amendment, effective June 29, are specifically 

 defined to clarify confusion in the trade as to when fish is and is not considered 

 a manufactured product under GFR 22, 



Fresh fish and seafood, and frozen fish and seafood, unless combined with other 

 commodities, are not subject to price control. Processed fish and seafood other 

 than sterilized hermetically sealed products, such as dried, salted, and pickled 

 fish in jars or buckets, are controlled under the General Ceiling Price Regulation, 

 GCPR. 



Pursuant to the Defense Production 

 Act of 1950 (Pub. Law 774, 81st Cong.), 

 Executive Order 10161 (15 P. R. 6105), 

 and Economic Stabilization Agency 

 General Order No. 2 (16 F. R. 738), this 

 Amendment 13 to Ceiling Price Regula- 

 tion 22 is hereby issued, 



STATEMENT OF CCXNSIDEBATIOirs 



There has been some confusion in the 

 trade as to when fish is and is not con- 



sidered a manufactured product for pur- 

 poses of CPR 22. Consequently, many 

 in the fish industry have not been able 

 to determine definitely whether or not 

 their ceiling prices are to be calculated 

 under CPR 22. To clarify matters. Ap- 

 pendix A is here amended to state spe- 

 cifically what types of fish and related 

 commodities are excluded from coverage. 

 It is now clearly stated that all fish, 

 shellfish, seafood, and all products there- 



of are excluded from CPR 22, except fish, 

 shellfish, seafood, or products thereof 

 which have been sterilized in hermeti- 

 cally sealed containers. Canned sal- 

 mon, however, is excluded at this time 

 from coverage by CPR 22 because a 

 tailored regulation covering this product 

 will be issued in the near future. 



AMENDATORY PROVISIONS 



Subparagraph (24) is added to para- 



