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f --1 Ml*TM FDA-Propasal Establishes lempanry^*- Tolerances in Feed,odd Products ^By JACK MBINBK^ . . f ' " WASHINGTON -- The Food A > Dm* Adtelrintalin he. eatabll.hed a . teaporery tofcram of OJ pom. far pqlyoMorimed biphenyl, (PCBt) in Mahed bade la a propoaal pabhehed la the March It Federal Repieeer. The MNMd MHMmy itinine for sps- Mis All Igiudlsu, such as'flsh meal ' "* eonuw, li 5 ppm. If PCB re*- fiflisaed Mi an no higher I ppm., aooording to PDA, reel- poultry meat should be well .Mho proposed tolennoe of 5 ppm. la the tat Other PCB toteranoei proposed were IS ppm. for milk (fat beee), 0.S ppm. in eggs, S ppm. io the edible portion of Ash, 0.1 ppm. In Mhnt food end 5 ppm In food pocketing. PDA's Investigation into the incid ence of PCBe In foods hns shown that, **enoept for evoMeble Industrial ecd- deme and praetioea, PCB eottaaiua- tioo of aafcaal foeda is not signiflcent problem," eecordlng to the agency. PDA meetly took 1,274 samples of food manufactured far-various livestock ,, ^AB fhnd 4.4% vwpoaidvu for KklBM^idy oat 4* twoisad JurfVVrrwiduee at ttgh es the propoeed tolerance im; 0.5 ppou, aoeormng td James O. On sting, heed of the oompi^ce divitiofl at the Bureau of Vetennam Muficina, PDA. Beekgrouad levels f PCBs do not seam to oa a problem, |e laid. O* sling added that the principal problem was with industrial aocMsstia. Of 545 samples of broiler foods witched, jt were peoitive for PCB. Osallag ( ` ` food men at this week's Mhrykg tion oowforencc to look for foC dues in their operations, fo . He said that in the At of PCB coataminetioo Wmoog 1 io Maine PCB rasklnm in _ foods ran as high as 57| ppm Hsji scribed the Mains spiMk as a ' shot situation'* with thmfoed prc apparently existing for m day r[ w around Jan. 25. and cufosm sampling showing negatiftl or verjMow levels'of PCBe. To dQs, 1.4 ntilttoo broilers have beeo destroyed because of* the contendostioa. Any bird with 5 i of PCB It 'the enteric fat is beiai demned. ' The agency still does not I source of the feed contendtie is continuing its investigation,*. . , said the situation was similar to the Minnesota turkey feed probtems of last fall, where the specific eource of the trouble wes never determined. He noted that in the case involving contamina tion by PCBs of broilers end layers in the Southeast last July-August, FDA was aMa^o determine almost immedi ately that the PCB source was fish metiT ori^nating from a processing plant where PCBs leaked from heat exchange unit. No specific ingredients in the Maine case have Men fouwl Mgh in PCBs. The trouble wes found only in 4he complete frdda. Responding to a WBestion, the compliance officer said FDA does not hmw authority over we1 of heat atchange fluids and oils, but ihat H can and will "exert pressure" when necessary. In announcing the proposed new regulations governing PCB residues, Dr. Charles C. Bdwards, PDA commis sioner, pointed out that i not possible for PDA to remove j^Bi from lbs emtapnwif.ifhe u end iw takirKgjr<|etfl*iS thorityjp tinMttypoture to ,-PCBsfl food, ^wt do'lot believe tat cm food fomk prgmnt a foot'd to public health, Hua BBwards.' uWe do believe, however, that the sources of PCBs in foods -can and should he significantly reduoed to prevent any potential hazard ffouto page ) 1- - iCoeriauad hem aw 6) f&m dewlopMi'." "'e*' *' >i> Fbi'wgaa" 'FDAV nmpM.1,. WIlMd in rthc Federal HqlnMmikl deal With known problem Maw by: : . .. 1. BUerinadb, B Kuran of dinct, Mddenuri FCi Oteatanrinebea. during Ihe bendhn,, proceum, urtmonpe af Iked, feted and pacliariap amriai. FDA don not want PC*. to be uMd in equipment .wbet* bed or food iiadienu art prmaad, kindled or Itored. 2. PrpHMdo, Bon ihe neyeHi proooao, .dodberato or artidabte inch non oT pulp that dpalaia any poison1 our or deietoriouo eabnant wrick mieht mtunte to food. . m ] SdtuW --pc--y tpbaaoa for a sufficient period eprtiae for. masoidoblo PCB reriduea in doori. pnebamna mmerinli and oertdM fooda tarb ulnnee. ire beinl eri; FDAiertd, henna it il not now poorible to totally abmiml, BCB. nned by emiroamonul or indywioj conumiiptioD. FCB Bofk&mti PCBe bin bon produoed rim 1929, and han bpd a wide tap, of UK.. The .nbw.pa. bon r an bate, uad te heat exchann Ifoiade, a die lectria, in labridute and hydrnnlic fluid., ihd u idSwlienu in pafou, plnetice, ferine, inks, waaee, edherine, rubber, inhnlt tad variout kuildiw materiel., Thii widespread uaepe, com bined with the fafghly nri airtmriak - ent qultie. of the enhelUiioi.'hiiSiA ultedrtn the occarioflal npenram A PCBMi the food supply. I Pom'wen round in 61% of the bog peckefiu, nned by FDA. They weiri fou6d;iBboth reeycled ana tad Mro, etodk. Howemr, only 19% ef the Anrii, in thea pncknpa contained PCBar with an onrt|e comnnllon of 0.1> ppm. Subaquont osmyi .how a cow* Uman, aid lubsumlai mduction of PCBe in nekarin, aottrial. . Invettintioni .how ibe praam of PCB nridua io Bah wanr fioh and in acme feted .niasl.. The aoerce of tkm residue, i. attributed in pat to emnron-1 niental eontanrinotion, neh u die Charles of PCB waste effluent, inti water and air. I panon boa MMSitirtpieeyy*i i MONS 070981