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More than 100 Winthrop residents earlier this month signed a petition posted in the dining hall calling for more frequent muffin appearances, Richard J. Montville, manager of college dining halls, said yerterday...
Montville, who received the petition last week, said he readily capitulated to the students' demands, adding, that he was pleased the muffin enthusiasts had taken a diplomatic approach to the issue...
Sigrid C. Gabler '85, the petition's author, said yesterday she decided to take action on the muffin shortage after the coveted item was omitted from a breakfast earlier this month...
Last week Quaker Oats learned that South Carolina had found its Flako corn-muffin mix had more EDB than federal guidelines permit. "We're not happy about it," said Ron Bottrell, a worried Quaker Oats spokesman. "This was our first product to be found out of compliance anywhere." In Ohio, Minnesota and North Dakota, General Mills voluntarily took Bisquick off the shelves, while South Carolina and Alabama recalled the company's Betty Crocker white-cake mixes...
...California, the state asked Procter & Gamble to take Duncan Hines muffin mixes off the shelves, and in Massachusetts, the public health commissioner recommended that consumers return 46 different cake mixes and grain products to the store. The cause of the panicked shelf cleaning was a chemical called ethylene dibromide, or EDB. A highly effective pesticide similar to DDT, it is also a dangerous carcinogen. Farmers have used EDB to keep bugs off grain and citrus fruit for more than 30 years, and scientists have known the cancer risk for the past ten years. But the Federal Government has been slow...