RE: USA's non-existent SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION ACT

[Bill Patterson <bphata@sedona.net>]

At 11:14 AM 6/7/99 -0400, Campbell, Jon wrote:
>Tony,
>     I believe that what they meant by "motor oil" was not, in fact,
>automobile engine oil, but compressor oil. This is just a surmise, but I
>believe what happened is another Yusho incident: coolant or hydraulic oil
>from a machine in the factory getting mixed in with the product. I have not
>seen any PCB/dioxin cogener analysis of the contamination, but it  seems
>highly unlikely that the manufacturer of animal/vegetable oil would
>purposely dispose of toxic waste in this way, and the concentrations any
>other way (shipping containers, etc) seem unlikely.
>
>Jon

Hi Jon,
I guess all the facts will come out in the trial. :-(  This has cost the folks of Belgium and other countries Millions and Millions of dollars. Someone is going to be suing someone over this one. My question is, when this happened last year in this country (Tyson Chickens- Dioxin ruling keeps 2,000 workers home Plunkett, C., Chaney, D. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 15, 1997), why wasn't there such a fuss about it. Chickens were shipped out all over the U.S. but I don't recall anyone going ballistic over it. Besides according to the Air Forces Ranch Hand studies the stuff won't hurt you anywho. (Just kidding of course)
To your health,
Bill Patterson
Sedona, Arizona
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