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atom* . *f. March 17, 1971 Had a call from Al Cohen. He advised that Kessler will take contracted birds and ship them to Special Foods in Albany. He also advised that Brenders' had some birds that checked out 19.8. He then-ithen molted these birds and they came up with a high: of 97 ppm. Al Cohen told me that he had the following feeds that were shipped to Max Brender in November checked by the State and they found the following results: DATE DELIVERED ^TKENt)EFr-:'FEED) 11/2 11/4 H.D. ` .02 . P.O. .06'r"'/C; - ... : , l.-; 11/9 P.O. .04 ' ' 11/11 P.O. .13 11/13 P.O. 2.00 . 11/18 H. D . .11 :,i' 11/20 11/23 P.O. P.O. .04 . 0.9 . ' - . . ' ` : 11/9 Breeder. 09 . 11/16 , H .30 * - ; 11/23 II .04 11/27 II .02 O The following feeds were shipped to Mr. Batinkoff in November and the State found' the following results on these feeds: ^A^INKdFF^FEEB 11/5 11/10 11/20 11/25 11/5 11/13 11/19 11/27 P.O. P.O. .63 -- ' ' ' ....... P.O. .12 P.O. 2.13 Breeder .27 ; - . . II < 2.49 \ II " .*07 II 3.19 ' Al Cohen also stated that Monsanto had told him that PCB's are used as stablizers in Lindane. We doubt if this is a factor in our current problem. Cohen also advised that American Scientific Lab. New letterdated 3/15 is carrying a very discouraging article on the amount of Cholesterol that will be allowed in foods. PCB-ARCH-EXT0376983  V , - . . . .- . ,v: %.. i` r v--,-. '- . ' ..... . iteaaaaauteisa^auSiaiiiUfcuactedhaata^^KqiflLa^fcu^uia&iSkmsiUiMuLt - um - omo* .-.: March 18, 1971 '-.' , ' . . .' Dr. Rumsey called . Said that'the chickens from Bayside had arrived this afternoon. They are in the process of thawing these out and will attempt to run them tomorrow. , ^ ' ': They are having difficulty with Gas chromatograph and if the problem isn't resolved this .evening, the .tests, on Bayside birds may be delayed;. . ,: Dir. Rumsey will be at canning plant tomorrow in East Pembrooke. You can call him there or call D.. Rice. PCB-ARCH-EXT0376984  . ' V*.' . , , * *&- TO: MOM: ;-,?{ ' ''V.-! J. S. Gallick OATE SUBJfCT: March 17, 1971 BAKERY BY-PRODUCT DISCONTINUANCE This memo is official, confirmation of my conversations with you to the effect that from here on the use of bakery by-product meal in any feed produced or manu factured by the Feed Division is prohibited. By copy of this memo to the Retail Division Managers, I am advising them of the Feed Division's position and encouraging them to adopt the same regulation. GEE/sh cc: C. H. Riley W. H. Prigmore M. E. Harris C. E. Dayton L. S. Mix G. W. Clarke L. M. Shughart K. S. Joy S. H. Slick G. L. Rumsey C. D. Bayly X-9 T'UTCT WXTAtmMWW.'mMIJ.W. PCB-ARCH-EXT0376985 March 16, 1971- - . . ; " y.-:' ' : .".V.,;; ' ' Called Al Cohen at Inter-County^|>A<3vise<}thim. of the results that we have had on the wafer meal. Also' told him that we had reported this to the Insurance-Company. He advised : me that the State had found some.df his feed, samplesvthat were running high-high meaning 2..- 3 ppm. ' . .. Called Rozansky Feed Company, 286-Saquakus ROad, Saquakus, N.J. Zip 07094. Telephone 201-865-9062. In discussing the.wafer meal problem with Rozansky, I found".that they were aware of the problem, they have run over...,50 tests on their own and have been unable to find any positive results. I advised Mr., Rozansky of our tests and the "figures that we had on it. I also explained to him the possibility of a heat exchanger leaking. He indicated that they have had their testing done at the Easton Research Lab. in Delaware. Their liability insurance carrier, according to him, is the Camden Fire,and Insurance Assoc, of Philadelphia, Pa. ' Rozansky appeared friendly and wanted to be helpful.. , 3:15 p.m. ' V;' ` . ' Called Commissioner Dalrymple. He advised that they had rechecked the feed samples from Inter-County and that (v y they were running 2-3 ppm. He also advised that on some-of Brender's birds, the thin ones were running up as high as 70 ppm with leads to the,conclusion that as the fat goes off, the PCB concentrate i-n the bird. He indicated also that the processing plant in Binghamton will be able to take some birds. , 5 p.m. Called Mr. Batinkoff and talked with Larry himself. I advised him of our experience on wafer meal, also told him what had been happening relative to the Insurance Company, etc. He appeared pleased that we were making progress ,, . PCB-ARCH-EXT0376986 c M. WehJMr-l.ti'atWJ'fckl- ,^,v.r^-1,..-itl-i^. March 11, 1971 Called Commissioner Dalrymple.'^'He advised that he was . of the opinion that Batinkoff's^flock- of 24,000 birds ; could go to Binghamton. He said 'that he would set this ;' up if Barry Batinkoff called him. I advised Dan that I would pass this information on to Batinkoff. He also ` advised that the Meat and Poultry Inspection Department . . is in serious budget troubles with .the State Legislature. 10:30 a.m. A'.,y Talked with Barry Batinkoff. Agreed that we would get some samples of birds from the*24,000 flock today, Thursday, and have a result by the end of the week. Barry also asked what Agway's position was on standing the . . costs. He couldn't understand that we were having difficult tying feed to the problem. I advised him to . keep cool and have faith in Agway. 10:45 a^m. Called Gary Rumsey. Asked him if he could pick up birds at Batinkoff's today. 'He agreed that he would send a man down and that he would have the results Friday night or Saturday morning at the latest. .. . 11:30 a.m. . Talked with John McEwen and Gordan Foland. Gordan confirms that the wafer meal in question with a high reading was picked up somewhere between October 15 and November 15. He cannot pin the exact load or the exact time. r PCB-ARCH-EXT0376987 TO: G. E. Edick mom: ' . : A. P. Driggs oate: March 16, 1971 SUBJECT: ?CB I talked to Bill White about your delivering samples of the suspect material to Rozansky. He said The Travelers would have no objection as long as you .kept _ adequate - samples for your own purposes and possibly for the pur-, poses of The Travelers. , - ' " \ > , , He indicated that The Travelers would be willing to expedite its decision on permitting us to: make settlements quickly to this extent. Tf^e^ave'^a^fhetno^r andiunt^availablexthis.-: afternoon. (March^-16th).-:White, will* rrange-to-'haversafd'TnemoranduTn'*picked;''up';byv-'3'i'Travelers H&sseogej:iafl.o.i-ilwt^Ms<ie^atPit#eaacb.^made by' The Travelers home office tomorrow. I will be willing to woj^ksjti&tegrsmsflaaiSuch a memor andum at your earliest convenience. . APD:jm PCB-ARCH-EXT0376988 MTt: March 16, 1971 SUBJECT: PCB It is Agway's position that the problem of poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCB) found in laying birds and eggs located in the Sullivan-Ulster-Orange County area; of New York State . originated from the feed fed these birds. Our reasons are as follows: . - . To our knowledge this problem, has arisen only in birds fed from two feed mills; one belonging to Inter-County Cooperative Association and the other . Agway's .mill at Callicoon, New, York. . The State of New York has reported that on January 6, ^lS-TiT''" they found a laying mash taken, from our mill that contained 12.31 ppm of PCB. They*also reported on same date finding another feed taken .from our mill containing 6.06 ppm of PCB. the as 3. A sample of wafer meal taken from our Callicoon mill . was found to contain 747 ppm of PCB by Monsanto Chemical Company. The same sample tested.*4;15-ppm in our own, laboratory. . . This quantity of PCB is more than leno.ugh .to .cause the finding of PCB in laying birds and eggs. (The PCB found, in feed and eggs is known as "Aro-Chlor 1248 . i f \ GEE/sh t(, l \ *- PCB-ARCH-EXT0376989 9gg^ffieflateiBaaaBaafiaB>siiai*feas<ittaa>iassi^ " '-.- :<-. - ' ' /./ . ' , . j , ' 1 ; ` ' ` - `` . . D. G. Williams April 5, 1971 A" PCB Incident The Travelers Insurance Company Claim Department called at our office relative to their needs for the supporting story of the PCB incident. This information,is.especially important since the liability of a supplier is involved. We are asked if you would kindly furnish us a write up along the lines of that successfully .presented in .dealing with the initial Kreher case in the Dieldrin matter. The recitation should include a chain of events related to purchase orders, delivery of product and damages. In essence the request is for an assembling of facts and how the exposure came about, including the following if pos-- siblex 1* Date problem discovered. 2. Source - elaboration of Campbell Soup and F.D.A. 3* Dates of receipt of Suspected wafer meal a. Invoices b. Documentation c. Delivery dates d. When ordered e. When delivered Mixing and batch records: (Operational records) ! When was wafer meal mixed into feed. .2 Delivery records 3. Damages Identify when this problem began and furnish ending date, A ----- DGWxhep Copy tox A. P. Driggs & G. E. Edick & A. Jo Kish PCB-ARCH-EXT0376990