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31-7 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION MO. 25.200 NOV 1975 ()$ /<rcc - FDA CONSUMER V* 9, Mr-dam*. ms _ PMIH *M wkat tba y* atL B. -9. 9. V.A. PM'i Mai dk< twdy Through It* Total Diet (Market Badkat) Sarvey, Tba Feed aad Drag Admtaism- den (re*) keope talk* on tb* htada aad --iinii of raridam aad todaalrlal dMai* ala American* omrntmt la tbalr laad mi drink. Ta meba *ar* that da* la akimne af imdaaaatimiltag the average pa- aaa'a intake, the ady la baaad m tba wmm appetHa d a taaa *g* Up. a*ar, laataad a< mtatag all tha faada that ad*! b* aalaa daring a typtaal i af laad aad ariam adi aha* apaaaly. Analytical raaaha arc nat i `` by pm ta anfw at, tart agatari ita /(fOC <--t - - dally tataba tmk of oontaaiteaat* can* Mated acceptable and nat harmful to be* man baahb by rao and who. Aaalyaaa and praparatlan af tbe faada am carried eat only at tba pm'* Kuan City Field Oftoa, which baa been eqatppad and atafled ta uaa extremely aanritlva analytical matboda ta find aad maaaar* realdoes of tba paatiddaa and otber contaminant* involved at tba lawcet level* at which they can be prac tically detected In a regnlar laboratory. Findbig* enable nt to maintain a oanttan- tag year-by-year check an realdm can- aomptian, and to trade trenda ta oacar- of paatiddaa, polydtb ' btpbanyb, and heavy metal* in certain daaaaa af feed* or ta oartata area* aver aa- tended periede. Recently, analyai* of tbe data for the esmuel Total Dial Stndy far fiacal 1978 wa* completed. It taebdee 117 tadhrldaal food itaam from each of thirty ropraaantatfra area* af tbe tu. Fraqaaaey aanl levele of pot hava daeMnad dnmadeal ly, bat me, a amtahollt* af aor, ramata* prevalent, aapadally ta faada af aataml *af> gfal. WadJam af dtaldrin declined eemawbat fiem tbe late 1900a Intake* cf maletalaa ad dladnim bare tawaaacd ebeet 59 pm earn over the 1905-70 average, bat remain far below tbe am (Acceptable Dally In take) Itarita, Polychlorinated hipheayl* am I carred enlyat very iowloralaTprimarilf IP ] tbe meet lab pealtry and greta-cerael cam- padtee). PeataaMoraphanol (rev) began 1 to appear fregoendy ta tbe augete and ad junct campodtaa and bm been traced to an adbedia oaad in candy bar wmppem Memory wae found ta Urn meat-fieh paabiy comparitaa, with avaraga intake dawn a third from bnl 1971. Laad intake, moatfy from fraab and pncaamd fnrits and vaga- tablm, wet eatadatad ta bo 14 pm cant af _ of llmitatbaa ta tba tftwfty af tba method af miaaawmatit). Cadadorn tataka wa abont B0 pm earn ef the am (tide may be altered by amemrt of dee pretext ta feed). Tbe feoda indnded ta tbe Total Diet Study do not reflect tbe more re cant taaiaaom in oapawmptlon af prepared er Bonvaiilaiil bob. In fieccl 1978, the naan bar af adtdl marbat hmketa wae redmed ham thirty ta twenty. Ten other aamplm eanttana ta be eiemtoad, bat tba faada col lected are tbeae eanatltntfog tba diala of in fanta (ate months) aad -toddlm (two yaaia); tin tafant-teddler atedy alee tadadm a cheek far oartein mineral natriante end far nhretae and nitrite*. avana. Tbaea ragalettane are aimed at r daetag tba poaaibility af tajoriee by ragairtag that mtarawava avana carry strategical ly placed labels vomtadtng neera and aordca peremmel ef certain safety pmcantiem. Details af tba labeling an described, aad general hints are given for proper nee and cam af microwave orawv^ HONS 033370