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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, December 9, 1971 TW & C ///? l-<7y-K /V(- ^ t A/j/ j / Holly Farms files Lawsuit Against Chicken Feed Firms GREENSBORO UP - Holly Forms Poultry Industries. Jnc . is seeking n tolal ol $<# million from several firms, in* eluding $DG million from Mon* Santo Co, alone, as a result of chicken feed contamination. Jn the suit, which was trans ferred yesterday from Wilkes Superior Court to U. S. Dis trict Court nl Greensboro at Monsanto'a request, Holly Farms said tlie contamination forced it to destroy chickens and eggs. The Wilkes County firm said the feed was contaminated with the chemical PCB, or po lychlorinated biphenyl, because of a leak at the Wilmington plant that processed the feed. .It said PCB is potentially tox ic lo humans. HOlXY FARMS did not say how many chickens and eggs it destroyed, but It said Uie number was enough to serious ly damage ils business. And H said its "good will was, and Is, damaged by the apprehen sion and fear on the part of the general consuming public Hint chickens were and are contaminated." Holly Farms alleges Monsan to sold Uie PCB In violation of its policy when it should have known the Intended use of the chemical Indicated there was a leak involved. Other defend ants are East Coast Termin als, Inc.; South Pacific Prote in Association, Inc.; Wilbur-El* Ils Co. and the International Proteins Corp. .. East Coast, alleged to be the owner of the farilities involved in the contamination at Wilmingtoo; South Pacific, which leased a part of the warehouse where the leak occurred; and Monsanto arc being sued joint- ly for $6 million. Wilbur-EIIis is being sued for $5,230,000 and is an alleged seller of contaminated fish meal; while International Proteins is being sued for $750,000 for also sellIng the meal. To: C. P. Cunningham W. R. Core/ W. B. PajJageorge E. P. Wheeler J. F/Stapleton Sanp/pickard p/J. A. Marsh h, S. Bergen R. A. Stohr EVJohn HONS 062959