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August 15, 1974 Zeb Bell 19 - East Re: VCM Attached 1b an article from the Washington Post (August 14, 1974) relative to the FDA position on vinyl food packaging. It appears that the standard for FDA on such products will be "lowest detectable level". F. J. Trunzo, Jr. FJT/ml Enc. SL 093018 . . J n tr 'Jr-fff' * govtl ftiationi subcemtt. Marfcuo Mn^ i ! ilf* !*' 2237 ROB J JurffclaryiiOtX i.m. Open. Court*, civil i ril i liberties & tt>t aC'nln. of justice sub- *comte. Markup r '9 legls. 2141 ROB, i Merchant Mil no ; open Continuing Ffsh*rii**~iO a m. j -?428.amend Shipping , pen, tar. Act M6 to facilitate Intermodel transport*-1 tlon, ICC wit 1334 LOB j Ways A Maws--10 a<m. Open. Contfnu-1 Ino markup of National Health Insurance ; Na~ legit. Comte, room. LOB. JUS!- FDA Planstlon; the v of omit- and "Ree. New Rules on v<om- 6202 )nSmH'At Vinvl 1*1 astir Abet, V-.itnd Tr'M fnt'-rrveUonil The Food end Drug Admin- lstretion will soon publish & capl- regulation designed to keep vi nyl chloride--the suspected cancer-causing chemical-- from seeping out of packages and into food or drugs they contain. ck & >ulomnag*- The regulation will specify that no food or drug may con Subirlch, tain vinyl chloride at more Rav- than the smallest level at loan which present methods are; |t212o8f able to detect it, FDA Com missioner Alexander Lav'-,Vmlty Schmidt said yesterday. M. 'Wiot,f The widely already been used plastic banned by has the Biljgenl-. Wit. EPA and Environmental Pro tection Agency in aerosols, such as hair sprays and pesti cides. The Labor Department is considering a proposal to cut workplace exposure down to zero. Many food and drug pack ~^d ages are made of vinyl chlo ride-based plastics but to date Kt there has been no level atj which the chemical would be outlawed as a food additive if >p) it "migrates" into what's in , ;ird side the package. , an "In effect we've already re-j ' ool moved it from wherever it was * ion, appearing (as in the aerosols) except as it might be migrat ' but ing into liquids, drugs or foods- We have found out aid wherever it is being used and rean- will be setting a tolerance for it shortly," said Schmidt. - In another development the iw- Consumer Product Safety Commission has received a ice staff report on its proposal to le- ban vinyl chloride gas in aero sol products under its jurisdic in- tion--mainly spray paints, nd household cleaners and some - ior de-greasing agents. The report sets several al ternative recommendations but most commission scien tists appear to favor both an outright ban on vinyl chloride^, in aerosols, plus a program toll buy back from consumers thefl millions of cans of half-used or unused products in homes around the country. ~ v.*,' , V' I It r. . --'V -r *.- :** . .t . ; SL 093019