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. V- VS : er ;on irt r s r>r-T n ' V::p. i h- Editors: Louis Rothschild, Jr.; Raymond Galant Subscription Manager: Natalie Pargas October 13, 1969 OUTLINED BY MAYER JULk: w i The upcoming White House Conference such wide representation and will be so will have This was the inescapable implication last week as Mayer, Special Consultant to the President, outlined the three-step procedure that will lead to the drafting of the Conference report and recommendations. bH' `The identity of the panel topics and the chairmerTand co-chairmen were previously made public. Mayer last week disclosed the names of the panel members (See FOOD CHEMICAL NEWS, Sept. 29, Page 2). ^iic^wilLb# Panels Will Be Followed by Social "Act ion Task Force Noting that each panel has "members" and "consultants," Mayer pointed out that many "consultants" are staffers of Government agencies, who might be placed in a "difficult position" if they had to criticize their own agencies. Therefore, they were made "consultants" "to provide an out," he explained. DSW 203005 STLCOPCB4052982 Fkge 4 October 13, 1969 () . .) FOOD CHEMICAL NEWS Aside from a brief plenary session each day, the Conference's "entire work Mayer stressed that he was not seeking "unanimity," adding that this approach would result in "bland recommendations. " He said majority views will rule, but that dissenting voices would be noted in the final report. Any votes taken in the session - - and he indicated there will be few of them -- will be considered "advisory to the Secretariat, " Mayer said. Of the 2, 500 people invited to the Conference, between 160 and 200 will be The Presidential Consultant said he hopes the final Conference recommendations will be released by President Nixon before Jan. 1, 1970, and that Federal agencies can "immediately" start implementing them. Mayer said he will ask the agencies ' lor a progress report six monttis after the report is released. ..._N DSW 203006 He charged that there has been "a steady regression of some of the nutritional ; aspects" of some foods, such as mixes and flour which are not enriched. He said; this has led to the "steady decrease" in the intake of certain vitamins. 1 Mayer told the news conference that there has been an "invasion of our food supply by snack foods" made of "unenriched flour" and saturated fat, which contribute nothing nutritionally. STLCOPCB4052983 October 13, 1969 Page 5 FOOD CHEMICAL NEWS 11 ... a great deal of the food supply" which provides calories at a low price is "less nutritious than it was ten years ago, " Mayer charged, saying that this is "particularly hard on the poor." The nutritionist hit lack of food industry promotion of such products as iodized salt, noting that the problem of goiter is returning in some areas. A reporter noted that the Senate Select Committee on Food and Nutrition is again being challenged on Capitol Hill, and asked whether Mayer believes that Com mittee, chairmanned by Sen. McGovern (D-S. Dak.), should be continued. Mayer strongly urged that the Select Committee be retained, adding that he would be happy to see a counterpart Select Committee in the House. He predicted that his Conference will result in "suggested legislation" which will be considered by Congress. Mayer said that members of the McGovern Committee have been the "best friends" of the consumers, particularly the poor. The problem of "malnutrition due to poverty" could be solved in three years, Mayer said. He explained that the Corf erence was aimed at achieving "con structive action by conversation." Calling for "community involvement," Mayer said it is a function of Government to "make consumerism work. " mfim se panels and its members are, as follows: TRADITIONAL FOODS: GUIDELINES FOR TRENDS THAT AFFECT NUTRITION AND NUTR IT I0NALLY-^PROVED FOODS AND TRENDS IN THE MODIFICATION AND'MERCHANDISING OF TRADITIONAL FOODS. Chairman: Campbell Soup's William B. Murphy. Vice Chairman: University of Wisconsin's Dr. Alfred E. Harper. Members: Rutgers University's Dr. Myrtle L. Brown; 'Archer Daniels Midland's John h. Daniels; Washington attorney Vincent A. Kleinfeld; Author Sophie Leavitt; Harvard University's ' Dr. Robert B. McGandy; Swift Chemical's Dr. Herbert E. Robinson; New England Fish Co.'s C. R. Rogers; Oregon State University's Dr. Harold W. Schultz; Rockefeller Foundation's Dr. Sterling Wortman. Consultants: Agricultural Research Service's (USDA) Dr. Marguerite C. Burk; Health Service and Mental Health Administration's (HEW) Dr. Ogden C. Johnson; President's Committee on Consumer Interests' Francis L. McLauchlin. NEW FOODS: STANDARDS OF FOOD IDENTITIES THAT SIMULATE JflADITI0NAL FOODS. IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON NUTRITIONAL VALUt. NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. Vice Chairman: University of California's (Los Angeles) Dr. Gladys A. Emerson. Members: r MAS?ACHUSEm Institute of Technology's Dr. Samuel A. Goldblith; Washington attorney Peter Hutt; Rutgers University's Jean Judge; Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America's Arnold Mayer; Pillsbury's Dean McNeal; Mead Johnson Research Center's Dr. Herbert P. Sarett; Michigan State University's Dr. Bernard S. Schweicert; Connecticut Director of Food and Drugs Eaton t. Smith; Ralston-Purina's Or. H. L. Wilcke; FAIT, Ltd.'s Rev. Virgil Wood. Consultants: USDA's Dr. Aaron M. Altschul President's Committee on Consumer Interests' M. Elizabeth Hanford; Food and Drug Administration's J. Kenneth Kirk; Krause Milling's Charles A. Krause. FOOD ADDITIVtS. Chairman: PepsiCo's Donald M. Kendall. Vice Chairman: Jefferson ^University of Georgia's Dr. John C. Ayres; CanadTan Food and Drug Directorate's Dr. Ross A. Chapman; New York attorney Solomon H. Friend; Albany . Medical College's Dr. Leon Golberg; Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley's Mary Gullberg; Massachusetts Institutes of Technology's Dr. Sanford A. Miller; Brooklyn-Cumberland Medical Center's Dr. John F. MuELLER;*wttits*'TV$.*F -- Food Research Laboratories' Dr. Bernard L. 0ser;^Cornell Un ivers itYTHED i caTT^College's Dr. Maur i ce' Shils[;-iWitECTg) J "__ ^ Consultants: Consumer Protection*^ Environmental ALTH~ StR^ ICE'S . (i?B3T OR. JEPTHA . CAMPBElrf^REsTDENT' S COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER INTERESTS' Cn ARLES CAVAGNARO; FDA's Dr. Leon Friedman; FDA's Dr. Keith Lewis; Federal Traoe Commission's Dr. Barbara Moulton. FOOr QUALITY: GUIDELINES AND SUGGESTED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE. Chairman: University of California's (Davis) Dr. Emil M. Mrak. Vice Chairman: McCormick's Dr. Richard L. Hall. Members: H. J. Heinz' Dr. Thomas A. Anderson; Bedford* Stuyvesant,, Inc.'s Gladys r. aponte; Pillsbury's Dr. Howard E. Bauman; University of Cm. horiju's (Davis) Dr. Clinton 0. Chichester; University of Iowa's OfT. William E. Connor; International Flavors and Fragrances' Dr. Edgar A. Day; Oscar Mayer's Arval Lrikson; Food technologist Dr. David B. Hand; Washington attorney Michaei F. Markel; National Farmers Union's Angus M. McDonald; Tuskagee Institute's Johnnie Watts Prothro; Center for Suvjy of | DSW 203007 _ STLCOPCB4052984 ' Page 6 October 13, 1969 ) FOOD CHEMICAL NEW) Responsive Law's Harrison Wellford (an associate of; Ralph Nader); Hunt-Wesson Foods' Dr. Virgil 0. Wodicka. Consultants President's Committee on Consumer Interests' Betty Bay; FDA's Dr. Dale R. Lindsay. Among a number of panels on "Voluntary Action to Help the Poor" are the following panels: FOOD MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING. Chairman: General Foods' C. W. Cook; Vice Chairman: Kraftco's Gordon Edwards. Members:: Armour Foods' Evan L. Binkerd; Coca-Cola's Robert L. Callahan, Jr.; Gerber Products' Daniel F. Gerber; FTllsbury's Terrance Hanold; Green Giant's Jihn G. Martland; North Carolina State University's Dr. William M. Rober Kellogg's Lyle C. Roll; Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Dr. Samuel A. Goldblith; Prairie View A. and M. College's Dr. Flossie Marian Byrd; Southern Cooperative Development Program's Father A. J. McKnight; New York City Board of Education's Joseph Monserrat. ; FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND RETAILING. Chairman: Jewel Companies' Donald S. Perkins. Vice Chairman: National Association of Food Chains' Clarence G. Adamy. Members: Gromer Super Markets' Richard H. Gromer; Fleming Company's Richard D. Harrison; A&P's William J. Kane; Associated Food Stores' Donald P. Lloyd; Colonial Stores' Agnes Olmstead; Federatk of Southern Cooperatives' Charles Prejean; Safeway Stores' Quentin Reynolds; Jet Food's Herman T. Smith; Monsanto's Fred Wharton; Supervalu Stores' James T. Wyman. FOOD PACKAGING AND LABELING. Chairman: Borden's Augustine R. Marusi. Vice Chairman: CPC Internationals' H. C. Harder. Members: Green Giant's Robert C. Cosgrove; United Fruit's John M. Fox; Ocean Spray Cranberries' towiN F. Lewis; Michigan State University's Dr. Olaf Mickelson; Swift's Robert W'. Reneker; New York attorney George D. Reycraft; Continental Can's Charles B. Stauffacher; New York State Office of Urban Affairs' Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker; McCormick': i Harry K. Well. Consultants: Chicago attorney George M. Burditt; Public Affairs Communications' Carlton E. Spitzer. OBSERVER; JUSTiCE DEPARTMENT'S ANTITRUST DIVISION'S BRUCE WILSON. '' i PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING. Chairman: General Mills' James P. McFarland. Vice Chairman: National Biscuit's Lee S. Bickmore. Members: Fawcett publications'. George H. Allen; American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union's Daniel E. Conway; Coca Cola's Fred W. Dickson; North Bolivar Farm Cooperative's Mrs. L. C. Dorsey; Tuesday Publicaticns' W. Leonard Evans, Jr,; Campbell Soup's Dr. Carl H. Krieger; Westinghouse Broadcasting's Donald H. McGannon; The Nutrition Foundation's Dr. PaulIb. Pearson; National Council of Women's Jean Waoe Rindlaub; Consumers Union's Walker Sandbach; J. Walter Thompson's(Henry Schachte; Jewel Food Stores' Harry L. Segal. Consultants: Advertising Council's Robert P. Keim; FDA's jJ Kenneth Kirk; Harvard University's Dr. Frederick J. Stare. There has been a great deal of interest in the panel on "establishing guidelines for the nutrition of vulnerable groups" which is dealing with "adults in an affluent society" because of speculation that there might be a recommendation on label declarations of fatty acid contents of food products. Both the chairman and vice chairman of the panel are leaders in urging substitution of unsaturated fatty acids for saturated fatty acids in the diet. The panel is made up, as follows: Chairman: University of Minnesota's Dr. Ancel Keys: Vice Chairman: Cleveland Clinic Foundation's Ur. Irvine H. Page. Members: Brookhaven National Laboratory's Dr.) Lewis K. Dahl; Cleveland Job Corps Center for'Women's Dr. John L. Gresham; The Hospital for Sick Children's (Toronto) Dr. W. Stanley Hartroft; Rockefeller University Hospital's Dr. Jules Hirsch; American Heart Association's' Dr. James M. Hundley; University of California's (Los Angeles) Dr. Albert A. Kattus; Tufts-New England Medical Center's Dr. Abraham E. Nizel; Coordinator of Neighborhood Doctors . Offices (Phoenix) Or. Augusto Ortiz; New York; c-ity Bureau of Nutrition Director Dr. Seymond H. Rinzler; Harvard University's Dr. Frederick J. Stare; University of Pennsylvania's Dr. Albert J. Stunkard. Consultants: University of Minnesota's Dr. Wallace D. Armstrong; National Heart Institute's Donald S. Frederickson; National Heart Institute Institute's Dr. Jerome S. Green; Procter & Gamble's Dr. Fred H. Mattson; Swift's Dr. Fldon E. Rice; University of Minnesota's Dr.;Henry L. Taylor; National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases' Dr. G. Donald Whedon. FDA TO PROPOSE BHC, LINDANE TOLERANCE REDUCTIONS DSW 203008 The Food and Drug Administration, which recently lowered pesticide tolerances for DDT, TDE, captan, and folpet, is planning" to propose tolerance reductions for residues of BHC and lindane, tthe agency revealed in its annual report for fiscal year 1969. STLCOPCB4052985