FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1972 Apr 13 DOC#: TALC062 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to FDA from Barry Castleman April 13. 1972 Division of Colors and Cosmetics Office of Product Technology Food end Drug Administration Washington.

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f DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION [21 CFR PARTS 121, 128, 133] ASBESTOS PARTICLES IN FOOD AND DRUGS NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING; CORRECTION In FR Doc. 73-20711 appearing at page 27076 in the issue of Friday, September 28, 1973, the following corrections are made on page 27080: 1.

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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1973 Mar 2 DOC#: TALC073 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to the Environmental Defense Fund from the FDA ,5 ME S r DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION W A S H IN G T O N , D .C . 20204 WELFARE March 2, 1973 Dr.

ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 20 December 1973 Hearing Clerk Food and Drug Administration Room 6-86 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20852 Dear Sir: The following comments are respectfully submitted by the Asbestos Information Association/North America in reference to Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Food and Drug Administration (21 CFR Parts 121, 128, 133), proposed rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs, as printed in the Federal Register, Vol. 38, No. 188, Friday, September 28, 1973.

MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADM IN ISTRATIO N T O Robert M.

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a lS O p ENGINEERING CORPORATION Milldale, Connecticut 06467 December 19, 1973 (203) 628-9661 Cable: SPEEDHY The Hearing Clerk Food and DRug Administration Room 6-86 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20852 Gentlemen: Ref: Department of Health, Education and Welfare Food and Drug Administration (21 CFR Parts 121, 128, 133) Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In response to your request for comments as delineated in the Federal Register Vol. 38, No. 188, dated Friday, September 28, 1973, we wish to comment as follows: Comments on the Food and Beverage Aspect We fully agree and commend the Food and Drug Administration's position of non regulation on the use of cellulose/asbestos filters for foods and beverages for the following reasons: 1.

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X July 31, 1973 Microscopic Detection of Asbestos in Talc by Arnold E.

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DIRECTOR OK THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR c-orco c o o o o e o ON CANCER The meeting was held at Die International Agency for Research on 1 Lyon, France on Rtb and 6th October, 1972* The Committee consisted of panels - Epidemiology, Pathology, Physics and Chemistry Epidemiology Panel Dr M.

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