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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1971 Sept 27 DOC TALC428 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Desert Minerals Inc. from Phillips Petroleum Co. HEREIN TRS Tepe ahaa tah na eRe NARI EME Ester oe ee TER JEC PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY SE 27 P 1971 | 2 . 338-0000 66 BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA 74004 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 010 _ a an 11.ON VLN VLN | September 33 1971 Hy PDA Status of Talo 178-71 Mr. E. J. Ellaworth President Desert Minerals Inc._ 1891 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach California 92651 '- Dear Mr. Ellsworth Lo Thank you for your letter of September 2 1971 with the attached information concerning the FDA status of Desertale 56 and Desertalc 37. Copies of correspondence Russell from Alfred A. of FDA's Division of Case Guidance was of have proposed a specific formulation for a filled resin and use conditions in a letter to FDA and are awaiting a respone special interest We described the proposed understanding is our that the FDA is considering the publication of a food additives regulation that will list permissible pigmentsfor use in polymers such as polyolefins According to the Food Chemical News of August 23 1971 the pigments listed under Section 121.2514 xxvi will group probably _ talc is listed in this of pigments be included As you are avare regard the With to | second question in my letterof August 23 1971 and | your commonts this question was -prompted by | the attached item which appeared in theChemical and Engineering News of July 12 1971. This item indicatesthat concern has been expressed over thepresence about of tremolite aformof asbestosin infanttalcum powders This caused us to wonder about the amounts oftremoliteserpentineandanthophyllite anthophyllite in your tales We present regulationregulationregulationwhichwouldlimitlimitlimit the.presence those - materials Dow In fact Section121 2562 of thefoodregulations permite permite ,. materials materials materialsmaterials in rubber articles intended for repeated addi use .We would | be interestedin knowing the results of anystudiesyou maymake which will and identify and pp SE present minerals your measure the amounts ofincidental in tales aor . Very truly yours 4.Merrill Schnitze Horrill A. , Schnitzer Schnitzer and AMB : tm Attachment s 000134