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WALL STREET JOURNAL July 9, 1973 I^DA Sets Final Rules enough for detection at the lower levels. The toleraoee for food packaging material intended To Curb Use of PCBs In Food, Related Plants for foods for omer persons wee Increased to 10 jgnj from 5 ppm oeoauee test data ehowSff there wasn't a significant increase In the amount of migration of the chemical from the packaging to the food at the higher tolerance., Tolerances that remain unchanged from the; original proposal In 1173 are a.fl nnm tn mllh on Its Regulations Seek to Prevent a fat basis; JJLJUkln manufactured dairy products on fit basis: Bve nnm In nm.||pr on a ..Excessive Exposure to Chemical (at basts; QJI PPm in tin and IWa tmm In tha "That May Be Harmful to Man edible portion of fish and shellfish. A final change in the proposal allows an ex emption from the tolerance for food packaging ' ** WMi. Imaef JOUMUft, Its# tepehf I material If the food was separated from the WASHINGTON - The Pood and Druf Ad*, packaging material by a harrier that keeps the ministration luutd final regulations restricting chemical from entering the food, polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs In food;' j The regulations take effect in 10 days. - food and food-packaging materials. The limitations, originally proponed last year, are designed to prevent contamination of food with the ehemlcal, which in high concen trations has caused liver damage and other harmful effaeta In teat anlmala. Government )enperte aay the risk to humane of long-term, low-level exposure isn't known, but restrictions are considered necessary to head off any possi ble future fcasards. i TB* l>l* taUona aren't Imposed they eouin duiio up larger concentrations, producing more exten sive human exposure, PDA aides explained. "Although It la ImpoaatMo for the PDA to remove PCBe from the environment, these regulations will assure that consumer exposure from food la kept to a minimum, Sherw&t Gardner, acting PDA commlaaloaar, stated. The requirements will ban Industrial use of PCBe in plants that process or make food, food or food-packaging materials. The substances are generally used aa a heat-transfer agent In electrical equipment. They are manufactured In the U.8. b^MmaantoCo. The PDA made some changes from Its orig inal proposal In March lTI In the temporary| PCB tolerances, or maximum amounts permit ted In varloos foods, feeds and packaging ma terials. , The following tolerances were reduced be cause the higher limits were shown to produec undesirable residues; to 0.1 parts per million from O.b ppm tor italChsd ajstmai lead tar land, producing animals: to two oim from five ppm MrsnimaLIIlfl_cgmponenter,T^,y'"*" The tolerance for PCBs iti Infant and Junior foods woe Increased to 0.1 ppm from 0.1 ppm because tact techniques didn't prove sensitive From (he dek of E. V, JOHN ft**/ * "^*c- Jj/y C, (*??> HONS 070236