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r'Mx' ' ." Vv R. N.^Goddard C. H. Riley " .................L. S. Mix.'^:; ... / .. . .. ' ' =;:> '' V.":jV7 y&tiPy Wsk'' jS:^k. >' ;ru^ ~ (, '>. V l ,.V ' ' -'V'i " . . . OAT t: SUBJECT: January 27/ 1971 'A' C y^- yr ' . yrA - "Y'VOn January 26, 1971, I ^ook part in a. meeting /'c.alle.d .by Y.Yr,'" . Commissioner Dalrymple in Albany to. discuss',.the PCB problem.. . - : Present, at this meeting-were, theifollowing'jYvYjY1- . D. Dalrymple J. Dewey M. SCOtt C. Cohen Y L. Batinkoff H. Trabosh D. Vadehra E. George R, Newell C. Tromboid J. Meyring L. Driggs Cornell , j S&M^ Cornell ' Inter-County% ^ - % - V- " "-.' Ayj&y- u.s.d.a. 'v,-- Cornell ' V;>vY' ' Y\.Y-_ State i0p?y;. ' . Y.-; State ' Campbell Soup F D .A State >..(y-,:'kU i }:t:C Results of the tests made to date^by^he State were disclosed. :-' -' Based on these tests, it would appear^that-.'f locks fed .by .1, Inter-County and Agway are the flocks- with PCB's. There have been very few tests made of other flocks outside of the area, - ,.` but all that have been made .are*negative. -It also appears that the affected birds received:the PCB'in a large dose not too long ago. . ' . . ' USDA's original position was that all' flocks coming .f.r,om ,New ' , York State should be tested before being shipped to market. After a lot of discussion, they agreed to .hold-.the .requirement to those birds originating in Ulster,v Orange-and -Sullivan Counties for the present. They want these birds tested for both fat and eggs. ' - . /' This matter of inspection obviously is a State responsibility and the State has accepted this. It will require, their, mustering most of their force to perform this function.. They plan to operate the inspection on the basis--of -finding out which birds will be moving to market"-through the truckers and then proceeding to pick up samples arid makingithe bests; .continued A'; . ^ _ .. itTanwraw wwsbw PCB-ARCH-EXT0376951 '-' J.c ( .M- n---r,>*- "--U- ' * . .. )* /<v/ -2- - .. :;..S.'. ' U-fH :?r.1' - 'January v27,' 197I:-?^/;.' :i * * . ' ' .. . .. - J > 'V ' h The major problem at the momentfis;that the FD$ has not >v, established a tolerance under which birds can move. <v. ... ' Commissioner Dalrymple is taking- the lead in working withy; . . the Federal Government in gettingf a tolerance established If a tolerance is notestablishedsin the'next .couple*' of days] the Commissioner is planning a visit with Mr. Lyng in v' . Washington. At that time, he will-want representatives from Agway, Inter-County and Cornell^with him. ; . : At: this point in time/" no one' kriowS :how -the PCB' s are getting into the birds . There is a tendency, to associate; feed With'1.71 the problem,; however,, knowledgeable' peopleware anticipating;;, that there could be other sources:'/-?" . ?'?;; The meeting was not a .particulariy^happy one? ihasmuchrasV-:thetl'5/` USDA and FDA continue their attitude..."You fare wrong and pfove to us that it isn't true." Theic/grasp of/the effects of their action leaves something-;to; be desired. As a' result primarily of the meeting,; we in,Agway.are: taking the following actions: . : .... . 1. Getting a list of all poultrymen buying feed from ./ Callicoon (the number isr not^great. ' ; 2. We are getting samples of eggs from each of our farmers in that area and testing them. . V?;: 3. Getting any retained samples .of- feed. that, has- been sdldV and samples; of all current:-inventory an-d' testing;.it.. ' 4. Correlating with Inter-County ;on;:mutuai.v:sourceS--.of ''fr~- ingredients that we buy to determine if anything exists -< there. - - ,;i',? ? w;?'., : ' ".VrJa 5. We are sending a man to Callicoon to thoroughly inspect that plant. . '. . ;:^V. w*,. . 6. We are checking a limited number of eggs fr.om other areas' to determine whether there is any contamination. 7. We are checking feed from all feed mills in the Agway . system to determine if any'contamination exists. . Our relations with the State continue very good. . ' / There is no doubt in my mind but that some birds wi.1,1 have, to be destroyed. At this point in 'time we are continuing our policy of staying in the background,_as.s.uming ..no liability and making no commitments for any payments. ... GEE/sh PCB-ARCH