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FDA Recalls . 2 More Mellox Pottery Lines . By MII-CS CUNNINGHAM Of The BuHella SUN The Fond and Drug AdminlifraUn has recalled ashaz- ardnus two more HneFoFeir* thenware manufactured by a California eompanyy.^.(Jf-- Sample* tested 'by FDA; were Mlmd to contain 'tea chable lead id excess of feder al tolerances. When certain acidic fond* or juice* are stored in such vessels the lead may be drawn off and con sumed with the food, causing lead poisoning. Lead is used In the glaring process. The FD/i permits no more than 7 part! per million (ppm) of lent in uch a prod uct. In the two nr .lines test- ed FDA found IIJ to HI ppm and S.1 In Sit. ppm. . "MTSlllL. nf the two line*. have been ^finjrd tm the t *rkeL 'Bat- how much rrmr n* in im* known. * The lines wrr mamtfac- lured by Mdh Nicrtes, MnnhstUan Bruch Calif. PDA identified them th * way: -- Vernonware brand din* nerware with pel ! burst pat* trm Ho. 630. sail 1 plates and dinner plates on1 . The prod* net was disiribul d as part of i.V|N(*re s c Ik or is individual pieces sold from *pen stock. The pieces i t decorated on the fare In a pclal-borst rlcsipn with a1t< -mtting petals of rust, olivr green nnd brown on an at bcr-puld bark* grmrnd. The Hi of each piece is brown and (the bottom of the plates is tnlrkcd "Vernon* ware bv Mdlip Made In C'll* (nmia.*: Dimfr plates also are labeled MBrtalburst," |*oppytraU Rrind -- |*nppylrNl brand dinner* ware, missinl verde pattern No. SW. Th# line was dis tributed in IS-piece sets or sntd indivtdiially from open stock, riecel have a grey* y-hite hackfround decorated With a lacy design and trimmed around the rim in avocado green. The flatware only -- plates. Saucers and bowls -- are la- Md on Ihe bottom "Poppy** tail hv Mctlo* Made in Cali- Dinner plates are also labeled "mission verde" and nips, mucs and pitcher* nrr not tbch*d. Ha deaths nr injuries Have hem attributed to either Wne nf earthenware, the FDA said. The recall is on a voluntary basis by Ihe company. .;iast month a 17*uonlh*dld Montgomery Cnuntv boy died fn kbmls'wnery Hospital of lead polsonlnn. For several weeks lie had been fed a grope drink kent In an ear thenware pitcher manufac tured by Mettnr. The com pany subsemientty recalled It* dntire Tempo line. FDA Warns About Hazards\ Istration warned consumer; Wednesday about the haaai of owning a brand of dinnerware that has been sol in Food Fair and Pantr Pride Stores in Pennsylvania,1 Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. The dinnerware. Royal Blue Jurostone-Engind,.U SKpectj. ed of being contaminated with a high level of lead content. The cups, coffee land teapot, mugs have a blue Bccal floral pattern. 1I FDA .aid die leid amounts bleached from aanbles of the _ dinnerware range! from H parts per million tolas nigh as 196 parts per million. The FDA lead guidelines for pot tery is seven parti per mfl- li0/In FDA spokesmiW said the pottery investigation began af ter a child ht Baltimore be came ffl. apparently from eating a fruit preparation stored Hi a blue Ironstone bowl. The Marland State De partment of Health reported that the child suffered from acute lead poisoning. FDA said more than 360,000 pieces of Ihe dinnerware were sold between September and December, 1970. . FDA said Food Fair has agreed to refund the roomy to consumers who return the din nerware to the store in which it was purchased. ____ The dinnerware was import ed from England by the Sej Mart Import Co. of NewJ York. Vf}yl3!-Ul 1 tart Recalls Pottery ` ad Hazaird VashVstou--<UP1) -- Scats wbuck 7k Co. has recalled "EveoihgtShadow" dinnertre becauseSpf hazardous id eontamlnatMK. according the Food end DnhkAdmin- I from JapanTls-outred both i the Sears' catalogue and tail stores, a eompanv imltrsman slid. He said -K-ks had been removed im store shelves ami cusner* could return the potythefuFrDaAw*afqi|Kl verierday the Itery cont*M| 13.5 lrtS f million 46 ports rr ilifon lead. pi federal sale* N39171