316 JOURNAl. OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Dr. Paul Jewel introduced the speaker of the evening, Gordon R. Wood, Chief of the Los Angeles District of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration. Mr. Wood outlined the jurisdiction of the F.D.A. With food, the prime consideration of the Agency is sanitation in the production or processing, establishing the safety tolerance of pesticides and ruling on the safety of food additives. In this latter area, the burden of proof has now been shifted from the F.D.A. to industry. Any cosmetic that is dangerous, dirty or that contains an uncertified dye is considered adulterated. Failure to include manufacturer's name, the quantity of material or the use of fantastic claims or misleading containers constitute misbranding. No pretesting is required for cosmetics as is the case with food additives and drugs. Mr. Wood's remarks and attitude confirmed the statement that the F.D.A. not only protects the public but the conscientious businessman as well. NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER NEWS THE FIRST MEETING of the proposed New England Chapter was held on February 18th with over forty people in attendance. On March 31st Mr. George Michaels, Director of the Food and Drug Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, was the guest speaker and discussed the "Chemical Additives Problem." The third meeting was held on April 28th with Drs. Beale and Skauen of the Connecticut School of Pharmacy who spoke on the use of ultrasonics in dispersion systems. NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OFFICES FOR 1960 Left to right: Dr. Richard Faust, Chairman-Elect, Myron Slotsky, Secretary, Jesse H. Starkman, Chairman, Donald Kirby, Treasurer.

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OI COSMETIC CHEMISTS 317 Jesse H. Starkman, chairman, stated that the membership is growing steadily and that a "stable" membership totalling 50 to 60 members was contemplated by July 1st. NEW YORK CHAPTER NEWS D•.. JOHN M. LONGFELLOW was installed as the 1960 Chairman of this chapter. The other officers elected to serve are: Chairman-Elect Saul Bell Treasurer, Martin Katz Secretary, Miss Agnes Korte. On February 3rd two speakers presented current work on histology and in vitro maintenance of skin. Dr. Moire Bradshaw of the Isaac Albert Institute--Jewish Chronic Diseases Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., discussed a technique for determining the extent of percutaneous absorption of lipids through normal skin as demonstrated by a fat soluble dye--Sudan Black B. Biopsies of skin to which the dye in lipids was applied were prepared for histological studies and the presence of the black dye taken as the measure of lipid penetration. Dr. Bradshaw's color slides clearly demonstrated the superiority of cryo- static sections over gelatin sections for this type of work. She further pointed out that animal studies are not applicable to human skin due to the difference in enzymes and skin structure. The second paper, by Angelica Findley and Ronald Gillette, was delivered by Miss Finalley. She described work on homotransplantation of human and animal tissue at the New York Hospital--Cornell Medical Center. Two salient limiting factors in maintaining organ cultures of skin are: 1960 officers of New York Chapter of Society of Cosmetic Chemists: Martin Katz, Treasurer Agnes Korte, Secretary John Longfellow, Chairman Saul Bell, Chairman Elect.