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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1971 Sept 27 DOC#: RTV158 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Desert Minerals, Inc. from Phillips Petroleum Co. RE FDA Status of DESERTALC 56 & 57 PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY BAnTuavtus;' Oklahoma 74004 8ia 330-9000 : ; MSSAftCM AN OBVIt-OPMSNT DSfARYM!Hf September 83, 1971 tf| 'l/er.'l \^m\ SEP 2Y 1971. mi ' | ON I VLN J FDA S ta tu s o f T alc r' MB o U a H T a - ir ' '"" Mr. S. J . S llaw o rth P re sid e n t D esert M inerals, la c . 1891 South C oast Highway Laguna Beach, C a lifo rn ia 92381 Door My. slla w o rth : Thank you t o r your l e t t e r of September 2> 1971, w ith th e a tta c h e d Inform ation concerning th a FDA (status of D e s e rta ie 56 and D e s e rta lc 57. C opies of correspondence fro A lfred A R u s s e ll o f FDA's D iv isio n o f Casa Guidance was o f s p e c ia l i n t e r e s t , We have proposed a sp e c ific form ulation fo r a t a lc - f il le d re sin and described the proposed use c o n d itio n s i s a l a t t e r to FDA and a r e aw aitin g a resp o n se. I t i s our u n d erstan d in g th a t th e FDA i s c o n sid e rin g th e p u b lic a tio n of a food ad d itiv es reg u latio n th a t w ill l i s t p e n a issib le pigments fo r use in polymers aucb as p o ly o le fin s , A ccording to th e Food Chemical Mews o f August 2 3 ,1 9 7 1 , th e pigw ents l i s t e d under S ectio n 121,2514 (xxvi) w ill probably be in c lu d ed . As you a re aware, ta lc is lis te d in th is group of pigments. With reg ard to th e second q u est!o n in sy l e t t e r of A u g u s t23, 1971 and your comments, th is q u estio n was prompted by the attach e d item which appeared in the Chemical and Engineering News o f u ly 12, 1971. T his i t e a in d ic a te s th a t concern has been expressed over th e ipreaence of t r e n p l l t e , a fo ra of a sb e a to s, in in f a n t talctm powders'. This caused us> to w onder;about th e amounts o f i r e a o l i t e , s e r p e n tin e and anthophy11Ate. in your t a l c s . We !know of n o :p re s e n t re g u la tio n which would li m i t th e p resen ce of th ese m a te ria ls , however! In fact;; se c tlo n :12i.2562 of the food a d d itiv e s re g u la tio n s perwit th e u se -o f a s b e sto s in rU b b e i^ a rtic le s in ten d ed fo r ;r e p e a te d c m t a c t u se. We would be in t e r e s te d i n k n o w i ^ t h e r e a u l t a o f any s tu d ie s you say make which w ill id e n tif y and measure the aaounta of in c id e n ta l a in e ra is p re d e n tin your ta le s . Very tru ly y o u rs, AMSiftm A, M e rrill S ch n itzer ( j ' Food, Drug and T o x ican t C oordinator 359 R esearch B u ild in g l CRMC-HT-TALC-000134