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(Xpai*!pcfr-hA'i**' I :| i 36-72 surmMAiwrr nc.vs SVKir. S3.i' OCT 4 1971 d&$ --; r^r-- . r-DA K^ects 13cm cn ItyJOAN KP.AMKU WASHINGTON (FiNS) - Foot! A Drug Commissioner Cbmles isMwnrrifl Ip d week rS{*?d an mtlrigltl bnn on the ir<'.i>>lrtal chcmictil POH, He ani-.l'positive Mor.j," not "scnrftiicn(i!it)'!.''jir- (ho way lo.lc.ii v.iih its po'ettUnl tht'jlur to i-'.thHc health. 'Public conluxi-ii! hns crwtcfl twbno ,t!nrm and a telling of .dill nr.; (her eric's in li-o fond supply." he ?H>1 a news confcmtfca. "l know the ct.nfusion is iMjv'cewitrv And I C \ o (ho cl.'nn is grnaU-r thn.t Hie lact# v.<H JtMify,'* Hep, Wtilfom K, Uyait (I).. N.Y.), who in* Induced Inc hill tn kni distribution of F'Cli in Interstate ent,puree, promptly replied: "! agree (hat seero Im.VMiws are net ti .? answer -- what is rtordet! h y: contkc mil full disclosure of any (ox! centantuiatiuu" by Iho FDA. liyan referred to an FDA findin", lost ,bme llt.U PCB iti rccic!H-enrdboa:d fr.-rl eon* liincrs had been migrating in utix\:',';i-ibly hi-it levels to r-oir*} foods. fl>.\ r! red the Croeery MRi.inaev.ims of Anternn vi'i Hkj American Pop*'!' Institute to (ill? prcblcm So;>l. 14, but did nut mcko the facte pvVde until i last Monday. l* FDA Head, Bars FCB Bvn, Ash 'Positive Steps' CMHlnoed from. Page I Said Hyatt: "PDA -looms more concerned nitwit the image of American litdtmtiy Uian >m level of public knowledge of the whototomeneM of Its food." Onsrd on (he June finding, ana ef (he "paalllve iw" KIM It InMitu t h'ghprtorky survey of IS food categorfei ptekaged In recycled cardboard conlnining fCH Food becketfliifi U major two of recycled paper, fchivH the Government has encouraged to reduce womo. KDA acknowledged lett week that the PCD discovery eotdd spark a conflict between environmental end imbtk lieuhh goals, like Iho recent policy reversal over phosphate detergents. The food*addkivt ontrr for pulp front reclaimed fiber pruldMliIhtnnWegoof used paper and paperboard which (verier contains nny poisonous or dcloterious substance (hr food packaging moteriol. Depending on Iho extent of food containInnllon In Its Mtrvry launched Scpi l. FD" A' msy restrict (he use of reockil poper containing PCft for food tncksning or sot |*CP guMemea lor psperboard Mid food products, In Iho ores of "positive slops" so far, KDA sold Mon* sent^rjitmicid Co., Iho nstlon's only producer of FCB, *'* 1 .7* * * '. - - -- -- he* premised lo stop wiling il l ' fond and fcul p-iv-ssitMt l'l-mle. in addition. rfaltn:>l L*>h llegisfer (.i-r-.ni/iucci Ms mu b "carbonlcs*" carx-n paper, the piiuusry TCB source in recycled paper, i-..i jene, HowrviT, Kt)A iwcidvd i- futbor wmvMI' .'ti.n: "We know (hat these chcn-ivsis have (mpdU'U f! >nr*- rvsistant prop.riles mil, ;;:. i:cr!y u:cd. Uircaiy m ast Ge>enncut and iedti-;: % :;i nrolccting the cwsimier nffoinsi lire," declared 'oMv.u-rk. I* ti- *lir'? mode p'Allo Im-* .i i-. k. FD.V jit had feund ^3kiw kvcl !`CB rcsijm s 11 ti * uf IT.frW row 'C.rif' Utiral <,-vir.mo(!ltt*-c armtiiki over tlw Iasi mon>h^, M->jt nf lhrKcvrrelisl. Amrtl i-r rurt.t-l-basket ^ur\oy Utih I jp PCB levels ronglr" fr-.m -i i.*rv< lo o.M part pvr s.*.i!bon in nf TSOmmpk-S.Sevc iIcci wtre meal, fialv .ual W'jllry. Tliflnpcncy husset ">ci;.7,i 1,'VvU" for i'CM nr JITM in fish and poultry, 0.5 I'PM icr ' nnd *1 7 PKAI f-*r milk. In Hd'.Puncsurvey, KDA fyrivlO.t PPM of PC)t;i cnt#l products. When U r mdivtitc.'i components cl Hie i^rvey were tested, FDA traced the residues to fhivdde.l wheat bisculls (up lo 21 PPM) sml MiUi'que.itly to shredded wheat packaging. It was later learned (lint Miv |Mvki^ii>K firm u.u-d about 9$ prr cent recycled paper (o mu iul idui'c p-i'v-rboard containers. The firm's r:ip- rlword showed i'Ui levels ranging from 1.7 lo I3J PPM. ,, , Arinly.-.is of a packagid-lou'l samples uni. t the (ins uncovered Pi ll hi nire sompki. Cbm rwi sum .''Hi. imuf, grits, ii.ixn! bchy cersi. n-'-idte (Hmt :>.ij p.inoi,::e mix cnniexwd 0.1 lo 3 PPM. '.e ;tii> not awnro of any foods contam nniail shvhfic tin icvi'lifvmii rif'i'lar a.t-kenskiciu Ui-tis. If hr. n f< .-ti .u-iV itlont'fitd. ,t muc'i lower aettmi kool wwddl lo p. ovent u<.wt., r.iu!vi loiig lerin enwriies," i v.i t t>i'. .' ;bc: I KoHtyr, Jr, ilcpn: y director, t DA buros cl foc-dr. t o- d t a;, ^rks la ing cheeked Include wacktrs, boor crniiibs I'i l reLilcil products; macaroni and r.itnt p-(sh.r'.i; pretzels, chip!, an I sp<v*{diy items; roadyd C .l brrak'ct ccrrah; vit-p.nm mixes inctuding CMS p>-;ecak-*9 <>ml bUcuiis; dr,e*l mHk, and drint ml |V>Xi>Jd3. Atfo: Dried 'lossiTls and vr-Ming mixei. includk unfiavore! gcl.tlin: infant ccrt-ds; eooNies: rt-irlgirroi ui^ai.rj spvcialties; rice. ontu.c.J and fsmt j; cliecoft mi l voo) i products; gia(rdch*v*e ond clwcse prwduet d.- :,il fruits and frozen fnk kiici-s. Dr. tM-vanb cnm-tuJed: `We sllt have os mo <)<K">t`onsas answers. Wc /ux.w that I'CB is a pntenllait i>ol an imn-ilUie health h ar d. Uul we do not know In lpr,a t-'i m exposure to l'Cti nuRM affect human b*udi nn-l wc cannot explain lit meonsistent presence in I enviionnwnt.'* \ ,,/ MONS 033676