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129938 1 (1986-05-28)

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               UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548

                                 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                 EXPECTED AT 1:00 P.M. EDT
                                 MAY 28, 1986
    129938
                            STATEMENT OF
           HUGH J. WESSINGER,  SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
      RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                             BEFORE THE
                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER,
                       AND MONETARY  AFFAIRS
                               OF THE
             HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT  OPERATIONS
                                 ON

                   FEDERAL ACTIONS ,tN DEALING WITH
                   CONTAMINATED   IMPORTED WINES


     Mr. Chairman and members of  the Subcommittee:


     We are pleased to be here  today to discuss our recent

report1 on federal agency actions  in dealing with imported

wines contaminated with the  industrial chemical diethylene glycol

(DEG).  DEG is a highly toxic substance used  in a number of

industrial applications  including uses as a component and solvent
in antifreeze and automotive brake  fluids.  Last October

Congressman Frank Horton expressed concern over  the contamination

of imported wines and asked us to review  the manner and extent of

actions taken by the Department of Health  and Human Services' Food

and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Treasury'-s

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms  (Bureau) to identify and

halt the sale of wines contaminated with DEG.





1lImported Wines: Identifying and Removing Wines Contaminated With
Diethylene  Glycol, (GAO/RCED-86-112, March  4, 1986).

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