From the FDA Vault: Trying Times

Today’s episode - “Try…ing Times”
During the 1950s, many unknowing American consumers were put at risk by the smallest of food products - the seeds used by many American farmers to grow wheat. Luckily, FDA inspectors and chemists were on the job, and employing a variety of means they were able to prevent a potential catastrophe.
One of the most important and effective tools used by FDA’s team of inspectors to help ensure the safety of foods entering commerce, was also one of the simplest and most common: an object known as a “trier.”