| Show Fruit Growers Grovers i I Benefit From Fromi FromN i N New ev Test for Lead Fruit growers grower shippers shipper and othIS is VIta vitally concerned with the problem of 1 the resIdue residue of lead lend left after aCler pM Ing for in- in insert in insert sert control 01 will find this season that thc they can cnn sa si c e a both time and morey in the testing of the frUit aftem aftel wishing 1 lIng to determine whether whether whether ther the lead his has bean c ely remO removed ed Since the last shipping season II J Wichman and associates m in inthe inthe the food control laboratory of the ril Food and Dl Drug Ding ug Adminis Administration have hae developed eloped new me methods methods to determine quickly and cheaply the exact quantity of lead residue on fruits Food officials re quiro that the lead be removed to ton toa toa n a point of absolute safety from the public health standpoint By this new method a chemIst can mike 10 times as many ac accurate accurate accurate curate determinations in a day as ashe ashe ashe he could make in 3 days da s by the old test The nevi nc test method produces results in m about half an hour The Theold Theold Theold old method metho took 3 days The apparatus atus is ms simple and the tests will willbe willbe willbe be less expensive rut a commercial chemist will be able to report results to the owner of the frUit so promptly that thit if a certain chemIcal wash is not cleaning the fl fruit only a half hours output will have ha ha c to be rewashed The old 3 day clay method frequently ed v ith the orderly move move- mo movement e- e ement ment meat of shipments when suspected lots had to be held until the test was as completed I The new teat tc t is 15 also being em- em employed em employed bv by federal chemists in con with regulatory control central of I sprayed fruits under the tho F Federal I pure food law hw I Food officIals I point out that the of the new test makes for greater public health protection through the op- op opportunity op opportunity now open for foi testing a considerably gren greater tel proportion or of fruit entering the channels of corn com merce merc thin has hitherto been pos possible possible I Bible sible |
