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jv: turn. *mpaocd*6c - vr- -oo i MO*' T>.1fc. HAfistN - S. C. "i^' Poison Found in Foods Tied to Recyclsd Paper PCB was found first la a routine FDA cheek in a combination sample el BT STUART AUERBACH H TM TMimi frcm Hit W*ihln*l*n Put dried cereals. It was later traced to tho shredded wheat in the sample, and WASHINGTON -- The odorless liquid that is then found in the other Food and Drug Adminis thicker than molasses, has dried, packaged foods. tration has found a poten been used extensively for In all cases, said John T. tially dangerous Industrial 40 years as a thickener. It Walden, an FDA spoke chemical in seven differ is also used for copying, in man, the PCB eame from ent types of dried foods, pointing ink and as a heat recycled piper. Since including baby's cereal. conductor. June, PCB has not been The chemical, PCB (po lychlorinated biphenyl), leaked into the foods from their cardboard contain ' era, which were made from recycled paper. The PCB was contained in car bonless carbon paper that was recycled to make the boxes, tne FDA reported. FDA officials made the discovery that PCB was in packaged foods In June, but failed to make any public announcement of it. Rep. William F. Ryan (DN.Y.), who has introduced a bill to ban PCS. revealed the FDA's discovery on Monday. He attacked the FDA for not warning the public that the potential poison was in packaged foods and Mid the FDA "teems more concerned about the image of American indus try rather than the public . 'knowledge of Us food sup ply.* PCB, a colorless and But for all its wide spread use, scientists know little about PCB's potential dangers. It is known to have caused liv used in carbonless carbon paper or printing ink -- the likeliest sources In the recycled paper. Walden said the FDA er damage In fish and chickens, and In 1968 five Japanese died and 1.000 suffered severe skin rashes after they con sumed part of a batch of cooking oil contaminated by a large amount of PCB. The FDA has not set anv toxic level for PCB but said it would act on a caseby-case basis. It has decid made no announcement of its finding because the problem was eliminated. The problem was dealt with,* he uid. "We lust don't see it as a crisis. Nevertheless, the FDA Is checking 15 other foods that are packaged In recy* cled paper that may con tain PCB to see if it's a general problem. ed that five-tenths parts Ser million are unacceptale in eggs and five parts fer million are unacceptale in* chickens. The levels of PCB found stf Bnffflr* Cfmrg 101 AKOSLSI. t&UFOI'IA MID in the seven dried food vf.xe rm, im, m im nabs Sproducts -- shredded wheat, corn meal, spaghet ti dinner, grits, mixed Puue y%v iMl A-nrnS.tcsfS 'm a v Ci v: Di" 4*1 SN w --------:*ty ww IJ ft r (tiaiaj L# baby cereal, noodle dinner and pancake mix--ranged civ ' *I!tn trr m'.m. i .KSv.J. "'.jtf.t.t.fC.l."V. uVH..,JilSettc** e*'r# 9nv I W.i'f 9u*rr mcmniilu Svmiitriys cai;:i ua w from one-tenth parts per million to 2.1 parts per tv Min t >"**? Di V iW tvWlV tt.e f* CM'M S|>V fW Ikll million. ............................ Miy l4.CC MT > % vr MONS 033723