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Cyprus industriai Minerai Company sss Soma !%? stinsi Is s kngees, Ggiifemii S0Q71 Ti*jsbom 213} SSKOib r m suo??rs*?ss December 1S, 19?? RE,- CURREHT ? A STATUS OF TALC Cyprus I n d u s t r i a l M in e r a ls Company c o n tin u e s to sh ip pure pl& tey t a lc which is c e r tifie d to be fre e o f a s bestos co n tam in atio n . Although the FDA' s proposed regu l a t i o n o f A u g u st X s 1972 on a s b e s t o s - f e e c o s f e n t has not y et been published as a s p e c ific reg u la tio n s th is is awpect'sd to o cc u r so o n . A pparently the d e la y has been due to the la c k o f agreement on a s a t is fa c t o r y t e s t method fo r th e d eterm in atio n o f a sb e sto s c o n te n t. A t such tim e as th e r e g u la t i o n i s p u b lis h e d , we w i l l a g a in apprise you o f the sta tu s o f our p ro d u cts. Montana t a l c s from our Y ellow stone end Beaverhead d ep o sits are in sp ected on a ro u tin e basis by X -ray d iffr a c t io n , w ith freq u en t a d d itio n a l in sp e ctio n o f b u lk samples by Scanning E le c tro n M icroscopy supplemented with, S p e c ific A re a E le c t r o n D i f f r a c t i o n , In t h i s manner we a re u t i l i s i n g th e most p o s i t i v e known a n a ly s e s methods a s p r e s c r ib e d by the n a tio n a l Bureau, o f Standards and the Bureau o f Mines (United S ta te s Department o f the In te r io r ) . Our Yellow stone t a lc is the c lo s e s t to a .th e o r e tic a l com position o f pure m in e r a l t a l e o f th o s e we have a n a ly se d from any n a t u r a l source. Our Montana t a l c s co n tin u e to be " g e n e r a lly regarded as s a fe " (S M S ) by th e Food and Drug A d s ir tis t r a t io n . For th e a s s i s t a n c e o f those.w ho would l i k e to know th e s p e c i f i c F M r e g u la t i o n s r e g a rd in g th e u se o f t a l c in r in contact w ith fo o d , a search o f the Code o f the fed eral R e g is t e r has been 'made. These r e g u la t io n s have been r e ported e a r l i e r a s F a r t 121 but have been re o rg a n ise d and r e p u b lis h e d un d er a new numbering system (M arch I S , 1977), In paragraph 17$ ,,300 CYXVI) t a l c i s e x p l i c i t l y id e n t ifie d a lso as magnesium s i l i c a t e , In th e in d iv id u a l referen ces t h i s p a r t i c u l a r p a ra g ra p h i s g e n e r a lly r e f e r r e d to when t a l c is u&ad as a pigm ent or f i l l e r . CPC-FISHBAINTRSCPT00000241 2 Tba fo llo w in g ta b le g iv es the s p e c if i c paragraphs re fe r r in g to the use o f t a lc ; 2''a l e JOqe ...... Cqm m a n fs ...... 17 6 ,3 3 0 ( X X V I5 As p igaen t and co io ran l in resin o u s and p o ly m eric c o a tin g s in food p a c k a g in g ,, Tbs c o a tin g i s applied as a con tinuous film o f enamel over the substrate as a fun ction al b arrier between i t and the food , 1 ? a ,320 C&3 S i) I n r e s in o u s and poly-" a erie coatings fo r p o lyo lefin file s Food c o n ta c t 17 3 >330 ( a ) As pigssent and c o lo r a n t in sylane-form aldehyde r e s in s 5 condensed w ith 3^ i s o p r o p y li d e n e d ip h a n o i-a p ic h lo r o b y d r in eroay resin s Food c o n ta c t 1 ? S ,3 3 0 Cb) C2) In s i n c - s i l i c o n d io u id e m atrix co atin gs ' l ? b ,170 ia ) 12) As a component o f paper and paperboard in c o n ta c t w ith aqueous fa t t y foods 176.130 Cb) (1) As & component o f p ap er and paperboard in c o n fe c t w ith dry food 177,1210 ib3 As a pigm ent and co lo ra n t in clo su res w ith s e e lin g gaskets fo r food con tain ers , 177<1330 (a) (3) In e th y le n e -v in y l a c e ta te co-polym ers Food c o n ta c t 17 7 , I P 80 Co) As a pigm ent and co lo ra n t in M elam ine-form aldehyde r e s in s in molded a r t i c l e s 177.2600 C c) (I) In rub ber a r t i c l e s in t e n ded fo r re p ea te d use Food c o n ta c t 8 8 CPC-FISHBAINTRSCPT00000242 3 jlS2 - X In chew ing gira b a se and as an a n t i- s t ic k ir i agent. T ropos ad asaaenslbnsjve ; free o f asbestos contam inant 182.70 In c o tto n and c o tto n fa b r ic s used in dry food packaging 182.90 In paper and paperboard products in food pack a g in g ' Later data offered FBA in d i c a t e s t h a t t a lc does not appear to n igrata 1 8 2 .2 * 3 ? In ta b le s a lt as an an ti-cakin g agent Maximum 21 The f o llo w in g p r o d u c ts have SEAS s t a t u s ; X . A l t a i c 2OS <* . * A l t a i c 300 3 . A l t a i c 325 * . lt a le *00 8, lta le S0 8, A l t a i c SD0 ( B e ate r w h ite 2OS 8, Eeaverw hita 32S 8. Cyprupi&te 10. G la c i e r 200 11. G la c i e r 325 12. M istren F ro st 13. M istron Vapor 1 *. Compacted H is t ron Vapor IS , Compacted M istron Vapor-R 15. M istro n Monomix 1 ? . M is tr o n KCS I S . M istro n PCS #2 IS . M istron Spray 20. M istron Star 21 . M is tr o n S u p e r fr o a t 22 . M is tr o n 23. M istron U ltram ix 2H . . M cnohlend 2 S Olympic 2S . Supreme Use T a lc 2 ?, Supreme USP Dense T a lc Technical Director CPC-FISHBAINTRSCPT00000243