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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC)
DATE: 1976 Mar
DOC#: TALC152
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Minutes - CTFA Talc Task Force
1 The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Inc.
1133 151ft STREET,
WASHINGTON, D.C, 2QQQ5 * 202/33-177Q * TELEX 89-2673
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A m e e tin g o f -th e CTFA T lc Task F o r c e was h e ld on || a t t h e CTFA o f f i c e s in W ashington, D .C . Those in a tte n d a n c e w ere:
G eorge S a n d la n d , B r is to l-M y e r s Company (Chairman)
Jotm .E . C lem ents, "Pfizer, in e .
Hay Krammer, W h itta k e r , C la r k -s D a n ie ls
G e o r g e .L e e , Johnson .& Johnson Baby P ro d u cts Company
Monroe- M es-sin ger, C hesebrouqh-P oiid*s I n c .
.'R oderick A. -Mundv, S t e r lin g - Drug I n c .. '
L o u is D. M urino, Cyprus I n d u s t r ia l M in er a ls .Company
1D. R i ' B e t t e r son,, Johnson & Johnson Baby P rod u cts Company
F red R o e sc h , W h itta k e r , C lark '& D a n ie ls "
R ob ert R o l l e , Johnson & Johnson Baby P roducts company
John P . S c h e l z , Johnson & Joh n son Baby P rod u cts Company
M aurice S ie g e l, Faherge, in o .
J ,C . .Si'ntko,' J r . , gESf
Harold S ta n ly
Ian Stewart," |
Robert S u ffis , TheMennenCgnj
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John J . Travers* Avon P ro d u cts, In c .
W illia m C. W aggoner, Johnson & Johnson .Baby P ro d u cts Cornoany
Norman 1. s t r in , CTFA .
Hr. Sandland opened the-m eeting and proceeded w ith th agenda.
1 . S ta tu s Review
A. T a lc Standards, and Methods
C op ies o th- proposed s p e c if ic a t io n and m ethods, p lu s co p ies o f a -le tte r to Dr. Schaffner w ere-distributed to ta s k fo r c e members.
-B. A - s t a t u s , r e p o r t' (dated'M arch Sfch,. .1976) , prep^r.hl b y .
D f. P e t te r son , on c o sm e tic t a l c s ta tu s was d is tr ib u te d t o t h o s e p r e s e n t . - X cop y o f art a r t ic le - by'
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D r- Rpftl and Dr., Arthur M. Langox on '`I d e n t i f i c a t i o n p u an -titation o f A sbestos in Talc" was d istr ib u ted
a s i t a p p e a r s i n En v iro n m en ta l H e a lth P e r s p e c t iv e s , Volume 9 , 1974, pp. 95*109- .A lso* a copy o f th e c o r rectio n , to th e M arch-8 ,, 1976 Washington P ost a r t ic le oh t a lc and; t h e summary, o f th e '.d r a ft T a lk Paper a n t ic ip a t e d from t h e FDA w as d is t r ib u t e d t o t h o s e p r e s e n t .
C. Win, Sam ples. '
Mr, S an d ian d summarized : t h e c o n t e n t s o f th e November,
197.5 l e t t e r from Henry DaVis (FDA) r e q u e s t in g OTFA.
a p p ly i t s m eth od ology t o s e v e r a l' o f D r. Lewin sam p les
p rovided on a coded-basis* The r e s u lt s o f the a n a ly ss
were d escrib ed bv Dr. Rolle-.
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Mfc., S i n a i A n a ly s e s on.O ld .P ro d u ctio n Sam ples
Dr. F e t t e r so n g a v e d e t a i l e d background -an Dr* Danger ' s work. He' s t a t e d t h e o b j e c t i v e o f t h e t a s k f o r c e sh ou ld be t o de
v elo p and c o lla t e d ata th a t would lead to presen tar ton before, th e-M iscellan eou s E xternal P a n el,-in . order to attem pt t o have t a l c p la ced in Category I . The r e s u lt s o f Dr. P o o le r 's a n a ly ses., sponsored by Johnson, s Johnson,, were summarized. *
Ifc wM ^ P i M J M t _ D r . Langer p e r form ed h i s a n a v ls e s on samp i e _____________
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MSlf-Mundy ( S t e r l i n g ) r e p o r te d on- h i s c o n t a c t s w ifii Dr. Langer and s t a t e d t h e sam ple Di?. Langer t e s t e d
3.
R ecent P rod u ction Data
i t was agreed by the task fo rce th a t .it'w ou ld be extrem a)y b e n e f i c i a l i f InduV idual com panies, c o u ld p r o v id e d a ta t n -the PDA.on r e c e n t p r o d u c tio n . Most com panies p r e se n t in d ic a te d
t h a t'th e y p o ss s such data and would ha w illin g to provide t h e d a t a . Mr* M assinger (d h eseb rou gh -R on d 1s) s ta t s 'J. he
would have to confirm t h is w illin g n e s s w ith h is management. I t w as-su ggested eachcompafty prepare a le tte r ,, addressed to D r. E -s tr in , w it h a summary o-f t h e d a ta on r e c e n t p r o d u c tio n fo r t h e ir p rod u cts and a commitment to s e t-u p a subsequent m e e tin g w it h FDA- t o d is c u s s t h i s d a t a , i n d e t a i l , i f FDA so d e s ir e s . T h is l e t t e r should be d e liv e r e d to Dr. E str in by Monday, March l'5th . S u b seq u en tly, a m eetin g was s e t-u p fo r t h a t Monday, March 1 5 th , at- t h e CTFA o f f i c e s , w ith a m eetin g a t FDA t o b e h e ld i n . t h e a fte r n o o n .'
4.
CTFA S tu d y on C u rren t. P ro d u ctio n
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A d v a n ta g es and d is a d v a n t a g e s - o f h a v in g CTFA c o n t r a c t an in d e p e n d e n t la b o r a to r y t o do t e s t s on c u r r e n t p ir o lu c t io i sam p le s was d is c u s s e d , I t was n oted th a t, such d ata would no
doub t b e u s e fu l,- n o t o n ly in d i s c u s s i o n s w ith FDA, b u t a ls o as. p a r t o f a p r e s e n t a t io n tD th e M is c e lla n e o u s E x te r n a l 'ne) nd, p erh a p s, to o th er p a n els as w ell* i t was su ggested the
CTFA m eth o d o lo g y be u t i l i z e d f o r s u c h -a t a s k , b u t th a t TEM b e u se d on t h o s e sam p les t h a t h ave b een shown t o be p o s i t i v e
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SCSI # LEW1N- # PRODUCT
ma 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1345 1347 1.348 1349 T350 1351 1352
72 77 95 9.7 101 1024 143 144B 151 154 IS 7.A 150 163 75 17 3A
Lady Estpr Face Powder, Rachel Touch and Glow Face Powder Blanchard's Ousting Powder Born' Wild Dusting Powder, Del U b s Ta1 Winds Spray Talc, Avon Tosca Dusting Powder P1n-Zow Talqve, Perf. Beauty Prod. Overton's."High Brown" Face Powder Early American Old Spice Talcum Powder Bismol ine Medicated Powder Mavis. Imported Talcum Avon Beauty Oust Refill - Charisma Pinaud. Clubman Talc OHI de London Talc, Yardley Corsage Dusting Powder
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LEHlN' " DOST X-RAY.
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DOST
ND
2,300 f/mg. ND
ND
3
5,500
ND
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8
13,000
10
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12
60,000
15
ND
15
8,900
ND
ND
o00
10
7
ND
5
400
10
-
5
ND
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ND
ND
2,000
2
9,000
ND
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ND
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5
NO
8
ND
NO
9,000
trace
ND
10
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ID
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ND
-
ND
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ND
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by CTFA m eth od ology and a l s o be perform ed on a random b a s is on o th e r 'sam p les. . company r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s were p o lle d a t t h is m e e tin g and p r e v io u s l y by Mr, G eorge Lee t o d eterm in e w hether
th e y would- be-, w i l l i n g to. p a r t i c i p a t e in such a stu d y by a s s u r in g th a t c u r r en t p rod u ction sam ples would be provided and th a t f i n a n c i a l su p p o rt.w o u ld be g iv e n . The r e s u l t s Would be made known t o t h e FDA and p fo b a b ly p u b lis h e d in some form . The fo llo w in g com panies in d ica ted th ey would be w illin g to p a r ti c ip a te ?
A von.Products, Inc,
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Faberge*. In c. , iohnson & Johnson Kennen S terlin g
In a d d i t io n , Chesebrough-Pond *s , Mm,' and Y ard ly would prob ab ly be. in t e r e s t e d .
The- t a s k f o r c e -agreed to a w a it t h e r e s u l t s o f th e m e e t in a s .
w it h CTFA b e f o r e d e c id in g on w h eth er a stu d y on c u r r e n t produc
tio n should be in itia te d .
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The m e e tin g a d jo u rn ed i n order f o r a .s m a ll group t o m eet w ith FDA a t 2 :0 0 p.m . t o d i s c u s s t h e r e s u l t s o f CTFA a n a ly s e s o f Dr. L ew in 's sam ples.
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Jarman F . E s t r i n , P h.D , V ice P resid en t - Scien ce
NFEi.jj March 1 2 th , 1976
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