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

Washington,

December 8,

D.

C.

1969

Members Present
T. W.

Hanavan,

T. R. Aalto
George Ingle

Vice Chairman

(for J. D. Early)

W. A. Knapp
J. A. Korth
R. M. Miller
John Moyna (for J. R. Mennis)

Monsanto Company
Allied Chemical Corporation
CPC International Inc.‘
Hercules Incorporated
Merck & Co., Inc.
Atlas Chemical Industries
Enjay Chemical Company
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
Dow Chemical Company

K. E. Mulford
P. E.
H. L.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Tenneco Chemicals, Inc*

Neiman
Schulman

H. C. Spencer
M. B. VerNooy

(for C.

N. G. White
M. M. Hoover,

Secretary

P.

Carpenter)

Union Carbide Corporation
Shell Chemical Company
MCA Staff

Guests Present
A.

G.

Ebert

International Minerals &

J.

P.

Frawley

James Long

Chemical Corporation
Hercules Incorporated
3m Company

Allan Milbauer

Atlas Chemical Industries

Peter Morison

Eastman Chemical Products,

Robert Ruark

CPC International Inc.

A. W.

M&T Chemicals Inc.
MCA Staff

Sheldon

Peggy Walton
Members Absent
W.

E. McCormick,

F.

R. Barron,

R.

N. Bell

C.

P.

J.

D. Early

Union Carbide Corporation
Monsanto Company

P.
C.

J.
P.

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.

Jr.

Carpenter
Franks
Hagan

Chairman

B.

F.

Goodrich Company

American Cyanamid Company
Stauffer Chemical Company

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W.

H.

Meyer

Procter & Gamble Company

R.

F.

Philpitt

Olin Corporation

A.

M.

Schnitzer

Phillips Petroleum Company
H.

Samuel Zuckerman
1.

Kohnstamm & Co.,

Inc.

MEETINGS
a.

Minutes of Last Meeting - The minutes of the September 11,

1969 meeting were approved as distributed.
b.

Next Meeting - The date and place for the next meeting were

left to the call of the chairman.
2.

LIAISON

a.
MCA Board of Directors - The secretary reported that the
chairman's report given at the October meeting of the MCA Board was
sent to the committee, and that the Board at its November meeting
adopted the report of its Policy Study Committee which called for
the establishment of four Board Committees acting in an advisory
capacity to the Board and to MCA Committees,

and which would each

concern itself with one of the four areas represented by Government
Relations,

Public Relations,

Environmental Quality and Control,

and

Other Technical Committees.
b.

MCA Environmental Health Advisory Committee - Dr. White

reported that one of the recommendations of the Policy Study
Committee was the dissolution of EHAC,

and that the Board had acted

positively on this recommendation.
c.
NAS Food Protection Committee - Mr. Mulford reported on the
subjects to be covered at the December 9-10, 1969 FPC meeting
including the question of greater participation by the Industry
Committee.
3.

Committee Projects
a.

International Food Standards - Mr.

Ruark and the secretary

reported on the October meeting of the Codex Committee on Food
Additives.

It was brought out that,

as

indicated in the draft report

of this meeting which was sent to the committee, government comments
would be requested on a number of additive classes, and that there
was a need to organize further within MCA so as to assist the U.
delegate effectively.
The

S.

International Food Standards Task Group met immediately

following the meeting of the full committee,

at which time a meeting

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delegate was set up for December 10 to obtain his

views as to procedures and as to disposition of data already received
by MCA.
b.

Anticipated Regulatory Changes - Mr.

task group consisting of Messrs.
Mulford,

Schulman,

Meyer

and Spencer to act

Hanavan appointed a

(Chairman),

Bell,

Miller,

in a watchdog capacity and

recommend appropriate action in connection with anticipated regu­
latory proposals which would affect the GRAS list and the Delaney
clause.
It was felt that the watchdog function should consist of
keeping a close systematic watch on the political scene, and that
action on the public relations front might well be called for.
Mr.

Ingle agreed to assist the task group by keeping in close touch

with developments from his base in Washington.
It was felt that the
GRAS list should be strongly supported in concert with other'asso­
ciations, and that the government should not do the testing of
industry's products.
This action was preceded by a presentation by Dr. Andrew G.
Ebert, Director of Pharmacology, International Minerals & Chemical
Corporation.
Dr. Ebert traced the history of the monosodium
glutamate episode to date which involved "escalation of rhetoric",
from medical journals to the lay press.
The resulting congressional
committee activity necessitated massive public relations efforts.
This detailed presentation was judged most helpful.
c.

Food Additives Procedural Regulations

- Dr.

that publication of the final regulations appears
that there is nothing definite as to the timing.
d.

Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations

Knapp reported

imminent,

(Drugs)

but

- The

secretary reported that the draft statement sent to the committee
on October 17 was sent unchanged to HEW on October 24.
e.

Updating of Food Additives Booklet - The secretary reported

that the December 3 meeting of the task group was called off,

and

that work on updating the MCA publication "Food Additives:
What
They Are and How They Are Used" is being suspended until the food
additives picture is clarified.
4.

OTHER ITEMS
a.

MCA Representation at U.

S,

Pharmacopeial Convention - The

commitee
voted unanimously to recommend MCA representation at the
April 1970 convention.

MMHisjg

M. M.

December 9,

1969

Distribution

"A"

Hoover,

Secretary

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