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...EDB recalls leave food manufacturers fretful and watchful
...Deluxe Devil's Food Cake Mix bearing lot number 3116C2A removed from grocery-store shelves throughout his state. Kean's move came just 24 hours after New Jersey health officials found that a box from lot 3116C2A contained 470 parts per billion of the cancer-causing pesticide EDB, roughly three times the recommended federal limit. The Governor urged consumers who found boxes at home bearing the suspect number to "return them to stores or discard them...
Last week, as EDB alerts continued to roll across the U.S., food manufacturers feared that the pesticide scare could decimate sales of their products. Environmental Protection Agency officials said that high levels of the chemical had been detected in at least some of the products of most major food manufacturers in the U.S. Some states, like New Jersey, recalled contaminated baking mixes and destroyed tainted oranges, while others, such as Texas and Ohio, adopted federal guidelines. Massachusetts imposed more stringent standards than those handed down by Washington. It is estimated that this will add $100 million to the $1.1 billion...
Because of a loophole in the law that exempted EDB from federal tolerance standards in 1956, these levels are voluntary, but the states are all expected to comply...
...must calm down," he said to a packed news conference in Washington, D.C. EDB is generally no longer used to treat grain, and the stored harvest that has been fumigated can be made safe simply by airing it or storing it longer. Most of the cake mix falls below the federally acceptable levels, and cooking will eliminate about 91% of EDB. Ruckelshaus put off any decision on the use of EDB on citrus fruits. Only about 2% of citrus fruits consumed in the U.S. are treated with the chemical. While there are safe alternative pesticides for grain, no entirely safe...