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In t e r Of f ic e Le t t e r
12 -d.dl.inil m R. ''sehonsen
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Jurm 29, 3.S-7V lew- -'.adit of rouaehold 'lints
Confiminr eerliur converti-tione ini 'i;rcivirata
we will continue tha
land audit as a nontlroa .>.nnti -nr, pstienva, rather than as an undlstributart
Technical cmro-ic of thr '.ial^tieal Icaa.irah .fcp-rWent. ''a will adiert-iln
nnalvsli of a sat of V) to $0 annplvs vviry four naniua. at aoiraetiaatcly
ilo par simple, tnxs will coat as n'wit i$00 . or series. Wn currently have
a aanaa uf oil a sod interior 3aul-(.loia and flits Kilns gathered in
trt utrirews lano-itor;' for wH.t of ^.iy *nd line production. ' a bod ear
marked sufftniant fjn-'ls in o'lr 1/71 fend"- , ;or aivOyvieal work to carer
this. To carer "i* ti.ru>- niitv srW.vlai! mar. year for Oetobar, 1971,
February, I97U, and -tuna, 1974, ws haw included >1500 In tha 19?!; lolor l
Standards aii'cat.
.Jravio'jsly, I coor-'initod this ridit, / nsintori -wl .-..Wised `cy J. .T. Tnnzottl in selection of types of products to' auilitwL In 'ha future, J. \. Pintle* has aeon naked to coordinntu this proi.mw uatnecr -.* nnt aulit .troops and the analytical laboratory. Vjggeations -iny.we .-ti-Jit j v for xia proc-nn
should bu forwarded to i .in.
Our original idea was >Jwit this ludit iL.-silt' ha con-hiCiM according to a set statistical design for nnrfon earnling. however, our statistician con firmed that this would not really bo .leeatble if, hoeaitM of analytical coats, we were only willing to audit >Mo j O i iiplne every couple of months, "arertiinloss, he agreed that an acnsKilfitian of audits with food
results would eventually have statistical slfnificanc* in support of documenting oor good .'arfarnance. \a^ wort results would be cause for serious eoaesm, wnrmnting a response of either lOOf testing to prove tha bad results to be chance aorceritiona, nr naasiva efforts to improve our practical
to asaura prevention of oentaninatlen by lead.
Via proceeded on this basis, 'Ming generally pleased with oor porforwane* for tha first threo seta so early in the orogmn. Or as were at least ut> iaflad with the reasons given to J. Wnot/tl for ti-oie few failures tint earn discovered, r wore convinced that appropriate corrective action had ban takaa to avai l such failure in tl.o fttn**-. lather thus try to be completely randan aoout the audit, it is sitasestcil that 7. 1. 'avley continue to request pro tpa of ampins or jroduet ela.-.-sas which would soon In themselves to answer -lio questions .mat const itnnt I'lth the irogran objectives--p-txtaet line .tost likely tn '* cfiu-v.'nJjv**.c-l, nmd-iet line mat likely to'm indented a? children, -uduet lino ''-"oaucad t tha mat plants end likely vo ao rapre-wntatini of gmorvl ir-cilce in production at e.ien of the plmte, :mt products wie: .1 v c-irrintly rcgilnted. again, specific recoavsidntlons myon* ni-ht :.r t in *. .-t recnr-- Aculn be for-
wsrdoi to 7. i. .1i",lr;-.
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lou had asked ne earlier about results ol' ' jioiysis on sarnies picked up recently by . ;r in jar iiicvro t.>! iii:vit ..lanes. for your ani'amati-m, our own analysis of duplicate a.anpli a cuifinoeu ,C sntales to *e essentially land free, fhc iia.xi.au-> found was U.UOliJ 1< l - sclius of one Chicago suruile of K3 vt8 ar.d 0.003i-> lend iri solids of one i'.tmit. :;a rale of <0 ' 91. the other auw. sanplcs eoRttir.ud O.'lOl to O.OOi lead of solids. /OA reportedly found then all to contain less tiuui u.01- load.
It is 333'inod that J. v. 'awlcy .and '. , Icott `..t*l lOtii ne ir. vie a complete
file of all of the res `Its in a fo:ai .riitaol**
; >u as b v i.:* :u;n to ;usnort
our land control aro'T-n 'atl nolicy, onl'l that. ruviired. Vo this end,
I aa transferrini; try file, or copies! thereof, t> J. '.. \awley.
As set up, I saw the iollo'.tnf nt'vnit.vps to our "i-rcnt ssfemer of use of the existiri; audit labs for collection of sarniea. I an-jiuac you and others arre*.
1, It wan not necuss'ry to ad.-l another toe twm to which oar plnnto ;iunt send nanpl-.a, nor wore -an:;- asquirud to take extra samples .lust for the It at' audit.
2. It is an objective audit iron the standpoint that only the coordinn`.or knows what class of products arc polnr; to be audited dur.in; e. certain period.
7u only* apparent disadvantage is the noed to transfer anil relabel portions of the selected samples. This hes ' o lie none erra fully ay \i:c 'aint auditing Laboratory to avoid contenination sue. a:i :u;-e a representative split of the sample for noth audits.
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