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Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc.
MINUTES OF MEETING
FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC CHEMICALS COMMITTEE
MCA Conference Room

Washington, D. C.

October 11, 1966
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Members Present
C. F. Hagan, Outgoing Chairman
Chas .1 Pfizer & Co.
W. E. McCormick, Incoming Chairman
B. F. Goodrich Co.
F. R. Barron, Jr., Outgoing V. Chairman American Cyanamid Company
T. R. Aalto
Tenneco Chemicals, Inc.
R. N. Bell
Stauffer Chemical Company
C. P. Carpenter
Union Carbide Corporation
Merck & Co.
Frank DiPrima (for J. M. Stocker)
B. T. McMillan
Allied Chemical Corporation
W. H. Meyer
Procter & Gamble Company
K. E. Mulford
Atlas Chemical Industries,,Inc
H. C. Spencer
Dow Chemical Company
G. P. Vincent
Olln Mathleson Chemical Corp.
M. M. Hoover, Secretary
MCA Staff
Guests Present
George Richter
J. J. Tepas, Jr.

Rohm and Haas Company
Olln Mathleson Chemical Corp.

Members Absent
T. W. Hanavan
R. P. Howard
V. H. Knoop, Incoming Vice Chairman
J. G. Kuniholm
A. R. Marusi, Board Liaison
L. A. Miller
0. H. Peterson
H. L. Schulman
J. T. Seawell
D. A. Seligman
J. M. Stocker
R. G. Troup
N. G. White
Samual Zuckerman

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Phillips Petroleum Co.
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Hercules Powder Co.
Borden Company
Monsanto Company
Salsbury Laboratories
Washine Chemical Corp.
Corn Products Co.
Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
Merck & Co.
J. T. Baker Chemical Co.
Shell Chemical Co.
H. Kohnstamm & Co.

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1.

Minutes of the Last Meeting

The minutes of the April 13, 1966 meeting were approved as
distributed.
2.

Election of Officers

It was unanimously voted to elect W. E. McCormick as chairman,
and V. H. Knoop as vice chairman of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Chemicals Committee.
This is in accordance with the recommendation
of the nominating committee composed of K. E. Mulford - Chairman,
T. W. Hanavan, and H. C. Spencer.
The chairman expressed the regret of the committee in Mr. Barron's
decision not to be considered for committee chairman due to the
pressure of other assignments.
The committee expressed its appreciation to Mr. Hagan for his
services to the committee during his tenure as chairman.
3.

Environmenta.1 Health Advisory Committee

The committee discussed at length its proposed activities in
the area of environmental health in preparation for a report to
EHAC covering the program.

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The secretary was requested to prepare the report, and to
circulate it to the committee for comments prior to sending it to
EHAC by October 31, 1966.
4.

FDA Bureau of Education and Voluntary Compliance

Mr. Hagan reported on the meeting of September 30, 1966,
between representatives of the bureau and representatives of MCA.
Attending were General Fred J. Delmore and Mr. Dale Miller of the
bureau, Messrs. Hagan and Barron of the FDCC Committee, and Messrs.
Carnes and Hoover of the MCA staff.
The meeting was held in response
to an invitation extended by General Delmore during his speech before
the Washington Representatives of Chemical Manufacturers last spring.
General Delmore outlined the following as the five principal
concerns of the FDA relative to enforcement:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Good manufacturing practice (drugs)
Drug abuse control (amphetamines, barbituates)
Chemical residues in foods (antibiotic residues in edible
portions)
Sanitation in the food industry
Microbial contamination (extension of 4)

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The General plans 100 meetings with Industry groups to discuss
these matters, and others of special Interest to the various regions.
He said that more authority Is to be delegated to the directors of
regional offices.
It was decided to request the secretary to convey to General
Delmore that, on the basis of this Initial meeting, the areas of
PDA concern are not those of prime interest to MCA.
Further, It
was requested that the secretary ask the General to let us know
when something of particular Interest to us emerges.
Mr. Mulford pointed out the need for an up-to-date FDA organization
chart showing all levels.
The secretary was requested to obtain this
chart from the FDA for distribution to the committee, and to send
updated charts to the committee as they are Issued.
5.

Food Chemicals Codex

Dr. Spencer said that Dr. Powers would welcome comments on the
first edition of the Food Chemicals Codex which has Just been pub­
lished as a bound volume, and that they should be sent to Paul
Johnson at the NAS-NRC.
A second edition Is to be published In
about five years, and supplements to the first edition will be issued
in the meantime.
Desired comments include those concerning errors, products that
should be included but were not, and other thoughts about supple­
mentation.
6.

Codex Alimentarius

Dr. Spencer expressed his appreciation for his nomination by
MCA as an industry advisor to the fourth session of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission, which is to meet in Rome November 7-14,

1966.
He said there is a need for a mechanism which would provide for
a two-way flow of information between Codex committees and the right
people within.MCA member companies, and that he will work out such
a mechanism with Mr. George Grange (the U.S. Codex Coordinator)
following the November 7-1^ meeting.
He said further that several world-wide tolerances for food
additives will be considered for adoption at this meeting, and that
many world-wide standards will be established within two or three
years.

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7.

Next Meeting; Subjects

It was suggested that the following be considered for the
agenda, for the next meeting:
1.
Presentation by Mr. Settle of the MCA staff re public
relations activities of interest to the committee.
2.
Presentation by Dr. Frawley of Hercules re indirect food
additives developments.
3.
Presentation by Mr. Stopps of the Animal Health Institute
or a report from the Medical Advisory Committee re care of labora­
tory animals in the light of recent legislation.
4.
Report on the second meeting of the "Joint Expert Committee"
which will be held in Geneva November 29 - December 6, 1966.
(This
concerns pesticide residues.)
5.
Report on the tenth meeting of the Joint FA0/WH0 Expert
Committee on Food Additives held in Geneva October 11-18, 1966.

6.

Proposed cosmetic amendments.

7.
Medical devices legislation.
there might be chemical problems.)

8.

(Depending on the definition,

Next Meeting Date and Place

It was decided to hold the next meeting on Wednesday, January
25, 1967 in the MCA Conference Room in Washington.

Morgan M. Hoover, Secretary
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Chemicals Committee
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