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HALL STREET JOURNAL July 9, 1973 ^Turkeys Kept Off Market WAAKmQTON (UPD--Ralston Puritui Go. |M bald 190.000 slaughtered turfceys off the Market because eome of thorn may ho contaml- wtth high levels of PCBe. tho Agriculture Department Mid. ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT July 7-8, 1973 Ralston fears ^ taint; holds back 120,000 turkeys Soon 1M.0N Missouri grwea turkeys are boto* itb> hald from tho market by Ral* dw Pari-- Co. here because of possible eeatamfnatiM by a chemical and la iaduatrlai pmdecta. Ralstoo Purtoa baa told tba U1 Oopaitmant of Africa!* tart tba turkeys bad tracaa of the chemical piychieriaaied Mphtnol (PCB) la Mlghtly larger amoaats thaa ponatt* tad. Aa a precaution, a company spohasaao aald la aa lotar* . tiem the tarfceyt, an bate bald la cold atarafa peadlr*. . farther tecta. The tarkeyi vara processed at the firm* CalfUomia. Mo. plant. PCB derives from a family of chemical compouada aaad fa seek preducta aa iaka, car*, baa paper, rubber tires aad hahutrlaJ cooling syatama. OOktiria mid they bad .not traced tbo Bourse of tbeeoa* taadaatte, bat ipecaleted PCB "may have gottaa into the food la acddteaUy can* tamteted rendered fat par* chased a local aa^ ptter." Tbo Fooii >nd Drtf Adnte tstratkm a l: owa ap is five parts of P.J per atlUte la poultry Cat A company ipohoomaa mid , tbo amount of chamical fouad vu a 111 b 11 y above that amount although still not ha* tfrdaa.... A AONS 070320