PCB Regulations Ready For Public Reaction
Three federal agencies propose rules to remove liquid PCB from equipment and stored supplies. The USDA FSQS plan covers meat poultry and egg plants while FDA would regulate other food processing and feed operations, and EPA involvement is noted. About 285 million pounds of PCB fluids in transformers and 400 million pounds in capacitors are in U.S. use.
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Health and Human Services
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal agencies coordinate PCB pollution protections in farm sector
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman announces coordinated FSQS FDA and EPA proposals to curb PCB contamination in the food supply and protect producers from losses. Small capacitors exempted due to low PCB content and rapid absorption in materials. Compliance windows: six months for food firms, one year for farm chemical industry. final rules set after EPA designates approved incinerators.
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Carol Tucker Foreman
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FSQS
FDA
Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group
Tick Season Arrives With Warm Summer Air
Kansas State Extension entomology warns tick season brings American Dog Ticks carrying infections like tularemia and rocky mountain spotted fever. Ticks attach to humans or pets, can cause paralysis, and should be removed immediately. Dogs should be checked daily. brown dog ticks also affect dogs year round in heated kennels.
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Kansas State University
Lynne C. Thompson
Midwest
Thompson
Cuban Plants Food Confiscated At Key West Influx
Florida authorities seize more than five tons of fruits vegetables and meat from Cuban refugees at Key West as USDA inspectors combat pests and diseases. Dr Ron Caffey warns of risks to agriculture while recounting strict quarantine measures and confiscations amid a daily influx of up to two thousand people.
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Florida
Key West Beach
Agriculture Department
Ron Caffey
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Caffey
Key West
Cuba
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