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George T. Scriba (Union Carbide Law Department) to the Food and Drug Administration on Use of Asbestos Fiber in Food-Contact Paper (1963)

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Letter from Union Carbide's Law Department to the Food and Drug Administration asking whether FDA agreed that asbestos fiber used as an integral component of paper and paperboard does not become a component of food it contacts. In the alternative, it asked FDA to treat the letter as a petition under Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for a regulation stating that this use is safe, and it proposed regulation text. The letter said the company's direct interest was in chrysotile asbestos and listed two enclosures.

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George T. Scriba (Law Department, Union Carbide Corporation)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Law Department
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-96
Date
October 31, 1963
Number
Bates A24322
Library no.
ACL Doc 15372 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15372
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From George T. Scriba (Law Department, Union Carbide Corporation) to Food and Drug Administration (Washington 25, D.C.).

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This is document UC-96 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers A24322.

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George T. Scriba (Law Department, Union Carbide Corporation). “George T. Scriba (Union Carbide Law Department) to the Food and Drug Administration on Use of Asbestos Fiber in Food-Contact Paper.” October 31, 1963. Union Carbide documents, UC-96, Bates A24322. Union Carbide Corporation, Law Department. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15372. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15372.

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