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duction of cgoined tomatoes in the United States comes from the territory of 

 the Baltimore station. Peasj "beans, spinach and com are also canned in hu^e 

 amounts and it is necessary for TTalsh* s men to maJce regular inspections of 

 canning plants and to check on interstate shipments of canned foods in order 

 to see that they are not adulterated of mishranded under the food law. You 

 will get some idea of the size of this job vflien I tell you that there are 

 approximately one thousand vegetaole canneries in the territory of Baltimoro 

 station. Station officials -lave to determine that the raw materials used 

 arc sound and ^vholosomo- — that v/ator is not substituted for vegetables in 

 the cans—- that the not weight is correctly declared on the labels of the 



cans that the packs moot the standards of quality required by the food 



and drugs act. 



ExaJtiination of apples is one of ITalsh' s ir-iportant fall problems. His 

 territory, 'Tith the exception of the Pacific ITorthwest, is the largest apple- 

 producing area in the United States. The annual production is upwards of 

 15 million bushels, which come from some 5,000 orchards. I7ow, as every 

 farmer knov^s, it is necessary to spray apple trees for various diseases and 

 insect pests. Lead arsenate is the spray most generally used and it is the 

 problem of federal enforcement officials to see tl:iat poisonous sprays, ne- 

 cessary to combat insects, are reiiioved before the a;oples are shipped. Due 

 to the educational work carried out by the Baltimore station and cooperating 

 State officials, orchards lia.ve installed washers to remove this spray residue 

 before the apples are paclced. Dui'ing the Iiarvcst season, inspectors are static 

 ed in the apple-producing sections where, in cooperation with the State forces, 

 they see that the washin^.:;; is carried out effectively and fa.ithfully. You 

 may be surprised to leam tiiat about 75 per cent of the apple crop in 

 Baltimore station territory is sliipped to Europe and South America. The same 

 restrictions as to spray residue apply for apples for export as for those 

 designed for domestic consunption. 



The activities of TJalsh and his men are not limited to supervisory 

 control of tho many varieties of foods produced in his territory. Another 

 very inportant job is the ana-lysis of drug products and the control of ship- 

 ments of such articles. Baltimore station has a ld.nd of special assignment 

 to analyze drug sairiplis sent in by other stations of the Adininistration. 

 The station lia-s a force of e:cpert drug chemists who have been particularly ' 

 trained for this work. These men analyze tablets, capsules, ainpoules, and 

 bottled and packed drugs and pliarmaceuticals to determine th^t they are of 

 the strength and character declared upon the label. Fluidextracts, tinctures, 



and other drug products listed in the U. S. Pharrjacopoeia the standard 



under which drugs are judged under the food and drugs act- — are examined to 

 see that they comply with the stc^idards of the Ph^r^iacopoeia. Your protection 

 from this work cones from physicians being assured that the products which 

 they administer to you are of full legal strength. You get further protection 

 in that you are able to judge for yourself, if you are trained in reading 

 labels, T^hether the product desired is of a nr.ture to achieve the therapeutic 

 action you wa:it. 



Ships from all over the world docl: at Baltimore w.iarves. Tlie principal 

 foods icKorted throu^i that tide— water port aro spices, stockfeeds, canned 

 and salted fish, dairy products, jellies and candies, dried vegetables and 

 vegetable oils. Other in^Dorted goods include drugs and pliarmaceuticals, and 



