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handle is hein.gao/gaobacvye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - WASHINGTON, DC 20548 H!AN RESOUPCF5 40 Ahart ---- - -- HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION -mr fortin ----- NOV 3 477 Mr skus..-- ---- - Congresis n - The Honorable Donald Kennedy .l Commissioner, Food and Drug o Administration Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dear Dr. Kennedy: We recently completed a survey of Federal responsibilities for insuring safe and pure fish (excluding shellfish) products. The work included assessing (1) whether actual or potential chemical contamination of fish products warranted a special testing program, and (2) the potential for coordinating Federal and State food inspection efforts. The work was done at Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters and within the geographic area of FDA's Boston and Baltimore district offices. We also visited the National Marine Fisheries Service in Washington, D.C., and contacted State officials in Virginia, North Carolina, and Mississippi. The survey disclosed a need for systematic, comprehensive testing of fish due to the -widespread occurrence of toxic cpemicals and suspected carcinogens in fish, --discovery of concentrated chemical contamination in particular geographic areas, and --potential for future chemical contamination problems. We also noted that the opportunity exists for maximizing inspection resources by closer coordination of Federal and State food plant inspections CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION In recent years, chemical contamination of fish and fish products has become an issue of national concern. The environmental impact of chlorinated pesticides, poly- chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and methylmercury in fish 6

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