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Mtfi i't III# American Society t\ Oiy,Nt<w*p.n"f Mimr* ennwwirm UVrinrs-' Del) ronfirmed that the president lx trial f Lyrwnro Fitimiw, who was cihi- vir(.\l of atfcu'ptlrtg to ax&nfxiruilc Ford in I!i71 `Thousands of chickens killed after tainted feed is found WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of .had found excessive PCD contamination chickens have boon destroyed und many ^jqJhflidTrilsniTuchicktns; more may be because fur the .last yi-arx Ralston Purina Co. fttbsi(li-u\'jus~5ccn ('unumliiftivd lish meal which was fed to the chickens, the Food and Drug Administration said Wedncs- BY TRACING THE various ingredi ents of the poultry food given to the chickens. FDA investigators were able to pinpoint the source of the contamina tion. day. The feed was contaminated by po lychlorinated biphenyls (PCUs) during a They said that during the warehouse fire in April 107;. two electrical tramfo7:ijcr'c'XpIiriC'J, spray!ng 2,0W pounds warehouse fire, to Puerto fltco a year ago, tad Haney Click, a spokesman for the FDA. Out the FDA learned of it only of cooLnt made with PCN* over -100 tons of u-na meal stored j bags in the ware house. recently. The FDA said the meal was manufac SHE SAID THE contaminated fish meal may have been mixed in twine or other animal feeds in addition to poultry feed, and tha FDA does not yet know if any pet food It Involved. 1 Most of the contaminated feed ap pear! to have been shipped to Texas, although at least some hns turned up In Idaho and Arkansas, she said. : "We don't know how many chickens or eggs were sold before it was disco vered," she said. "We know several hundred thousand chickens containing excessive PCB levels have had to be destroyed, and eggs from contaminated laying hens art being destroyed daily." tured by the Van Camp Division of Na tions) Packing Co., a subsidiary of the St. Louis-based Ralston Furlim. (A spokesman for Ralston Purina told The Globe-Democrat that the fish meal in question "has ail been destroyed or Withdrawn from the market. None of the fish meal was used In Purina chow animat feeds." . (The spokesman said that ns soon as the company became aware of the PCD contamination in early February, "it voluntarily notified FDA and USDA (U.5. Department of Agriculture) and began procedures to locate and dispose of the affected fish meal. ("Corrective measures were immedi . PCDS ARE HIGHLY stable chemi ately taken to alleviate any potential cals that were used extensively for problems and all affected customers many years In insulators and other elec have been contacted. ~ trical equipment. As a result of their heavy industrial use, they have become Now leads keeppersistent environmental contaminants (hat get into the food chain and turn up investigation goingin the fat tissues of many animals, espe cially fish. J Consumption of large doses by hu in deputy's slaying mans can cause acne-like skin eru(h tlont, darkening of the skin and nails, excessive discharge from the eyes tod Swelling of the eyelids, the FDA spokes* man said. But such symptoms should hot be experienced by people who hart consumed (he contaminants In the quuw titios found in poultry and eggs so far, ghoiiid. ; The FDA says It Is Impossible to chmtnsle PCB* from all foods because they occur throughout the environment, but it has set maximum tolerance levels At various points In tha food chain. An Investigation into the shooting death of Jefferson County sheriffs Depu ty Terry T. O'Connell hns been extended because of new leads in (he case, Arnold, Mo.. Police Maj. Robert York, who It beading the Major Case Squad Inquiry, sold Wednesday. "We've gotten more lends,-and it's necessary that we check them out," York said. The investigation has extend ed beyond Jefferson County with some leads now to be examined in SI. Charles and North St. Louis County, ha said. This is the second extension of the ; HNISIIED ANIMAL feed may not investigation. O'Connell, 32, a policeman (or 10 contain more than 0.2 parts per million years, was shot and killed April 5 by a of the contaminant, while animal feed man he stopped for spcwltor, on Highway components may contain up to 2 parts 30 war Cedar Hill in Jefforxm County. pdf million. Two composite sketches havo been . FDA investigators said analysis of released of a suspect ut sunglasses nnd some of the feed sltowcd levels up to 02 without them. 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