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Your recent inquiry fo r assurance that the talc supplied you is tested for the possible presence of asbestos particles has been received . A s you are aw are the Food and Drug A dm inistration has proposed a method of determ ination o f A sb estos in ta lc by O ptical M icroscopy in d ie Federal R e g ister (S ep tem b er 2 8 , 1973) fo r ta lc used in food and drugs. T his is a proposal and not yet a final regulation. A t this tim e we are having our products tested by this method to se e if it is a reproducible, accu rate and p ractical m ethod for com pliance p u rp oses. In th e m eantim e our ta lc so ld to the fo o d , drug and c o sm e tic in d u stries is periodically tested for die presence of asb estos by X -ray Diffraction C ontinuus Scan n in g m eth od and th e s e c o n s is te n tly sh ow nno p r e se n c e o f a s b e s to s fo r m m in e r a ls p r e se n t'*. T h is t e s t i s m ad e on m a te r ia l com ing from a m ine location and does not rep resen t an individual lo t or shipm ent. PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT WCD-213 LoGiudice/WCD/0157