 On November 9, 1959, the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Arthur S. Flemming announced that some of the 1959 crop was tainted with traces of the herbicide aminotriazole.The market for cranberries collapsed and growers lost millions of dollars.However, Ocean Spray recovered by expanding the market for cranberry juice, which, although widely available for sale, was before then not popular.