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/ \ TOBACCO ADVI S ORY COMMITTEE T~4.jsWw:. Ol-lm 30~. /'e/ejpuam: TOBCO.~Io I.OKDON, S.W.I. GLE.N HOUSE, STAG ,L~.AC~. LONDON, S.W.I.E SAG / ! °. .! ! ! | I - . t • ! I •o .o 16th March, 1972. ~S~HAL D. J. W~d, ~q., md DmmlOlmmt F,~,abliehmmt, ~~ Tolaoeo Co. ltd., ~kWmes ~ Road, ~, ~, 00e 1PE. Dear Mr. Wood, You will remember that Dr. Weber came to Londc~ 1ut )~nr and left with us a c(T,y of the r~mlsslon ~ttieh he had made to the Gern,--n Goverr.~uent ca pe~lclde reg~attLms. I have had this translated and, because it was h~ud~d to us in coati t~mce, I fr~l able to pa~s a copy to you only an the same basis. Yours slneerely, H. lq. GrJce, Director. • ." .'. °. °o . . f t* CX~

i I i -" 1 .% • c~o~-~.. o PZST~CZ'gR lmSZDUES L~ TOBACCO AND TOBACCO SM~)Ce. "° . .o Pa~t I ° P~rt II. z Contributions to a Draft of • . M•xim~ LL'nount8 Re~almtlon. Literlture .s Takln~ Stock and Trends in D~velopment. ".o (May 1971) • . & l J J I ! ! i "" ! 8' .¢... ." : ." .- • ° • o. ° o 8olonti£~o RoseBush Con•to oF tho AJsooittton of tho CiKs~retto Industry. • d % • . ° • o. . . ° "o " ° °o° ° . l X i 'I . i ° co (j'l °°

I a| I Ill e • ,~ o.~--'.:..~...~ ~'. ~ ................... • ..... ...... o m To . , .i l Pns~cznn ~SiD~S IN ~OBACCO a~D ZN TOnaCCO short., .St~maryo The MeJ~Lmam£mounts RoKulation - Plant l~otoction - of 1966 comes into effect for tobacco products on 1.1.73.In the time a~ our " diepoes~ the attempt had to be mades 10 to replace numerous methods of plant protoct£on in the L~rovin~ • ooun~r£Os by modern pro©oases, "30 to ~ork but proposals for the adaptation of the )kz.tsumAnounts Reeulatlon to the peculJ~rltles of tobacco 8'rov:Lnl~ and tobacco oonsumpt£on, ~0 to dovelopproceeses for the detection of res£dues of plant protection aKentstto inveet£~ate crude tobaccos and m£xtures for amounts of residues and to assert&in the extent of the£r transit£on into the socks, The l~to o£ the Joint study carried out in all three ££elds are summ~r£ned in the present document o£ the Reses~rch Centre. Part Z, '~ stock, and trends in development, , As wa~ shomaby the result of an enqu£ry Ln 23 KrovinK countries, in the years Z96S and Z966 there wls no crude tobacco available on ~/ of the world ~ets that .uld have satisfied the require- monte of the ~uLinuA~mnmts Ro~alat£on o£ 1966.9otwoon 1966 and 1970,bhoz~£oreja cons£derable number of JoLt SJryest£gat£ons were es~r£edmut as pa~ of an intensive LntemtionaZ proKramme with£n GOREST£" (Centz~ de Coopez~t£ou pour leo Recherches 5c£ent£f£ques f relattvci au"l'~abac - Y.ntern~t£onal society for tobacco sc£ence) I | . o ., ,o" .- , e emud~ e,m,d~

., • ..°~.,~ .... be .. °. ~... @ The a4m of which was - the-outtlnKbaok on pXan~ l~otect£on scents as a result of the s oultlvat£on o£ ~elet£ss w£th Increased res£s~anoe, t - the" tostLu~ of gow qents and the determ£nation of the lowest o£fectivo dose. ~ne result was that numerous Improvements in pla~t protootlon • wore able to be oax~4od out in the Krow:Lu~ countr:Los,and of those the followLnK seem to be part£oularly £mportant$ e" US£s • The prohibAt£on of the use of DDT and TDZ.Measures a~a4nst the use oF aldx~Lnt chloz~Lano, ondr4n,d4eldr£n, heptachlor,as well as against l:Lndano "and toxaphene.Tho recommendation oF plant protection rostr£ot£ons on the usa of 7 Lnsoct£o£dos wh£oh present no res£due problems. - Bxtons£ve now leK~Lslat£on Lu the sphere of ms&autos for the 4mprove- mona oF the proteat£on of the environment. 9reeces The prohibition of dl aKsnts ~n appendix 2 to pars. 2 of the - Max/mumAmounts Rogulat£on and of the use of DDT.Rostr£ot£ons on the use of dith~LocarbamatetStr£ctsr controls by the Greek Tobacco .. NLn£stry. | The prob£b£tion of the use of DDTsaldrin,d£eld~Lu,hoptachlor and end~£n 4~££eld ault~Tat£onoAs of Febzs~zT, 1971 on~y those aKents are poz~.tted whloh mlcht bs ozpooted,w£thvoz7 £ow exceptions, to l~OSOnt no problems In the future. : Tho chookJJ~ of oxpoz~ tob&ocos for rosiduos is to uador6o still .° e~db

! i- i XIX. Further Jmprovoment in the future. . - ............ .--m . B~ Bul~srJ~: The prohibition of all eTente in appondLx 2 to ptFt. 2 of the )hxLaut Amounts Re~ttion.The prohibition of the use of DDTtTDEt ILDdtne and other or&qLno-oblorLne compounds. At present ponly restrict4onm on the use of sldr*n,d4eldrLn, chlordlnet hep~ohlor and heptachloropoxlde ! from 197X • replacement of aldr~u • by other a4entsoDDT is not to be usedoRestrict£ons on the use o£ .d4tb~ooaz~eunmtes are proytded for. - Ja n: From 197X the prohLbition of DI~ as well as o£ 81d:~n and heptachlor, the ule oF w~Loh was poxlLtted unt41 19700krter 1971 pez~m4ssion to use mubstlnoos is thptod to the rsquLroments of the HtxLmun Amounts me~ulat4on. HUDASLTT t The prohLbition of lindtno and alAr4~l va4tin~ per!ode for dithio- oaz4~astos. hrt ~. PI~pOSLII for the dll~t of hucitue Amount ReKulations 8 For tobao'oo p:oducts. On the bails Q£ oxtsnsiye 8J~lys4s hta oonoozsU~sK residus~ amounts o£ plant protoot£on &Kent! wbtohpin food tfrtoulturtl p:tcticopLre o uxmvo£dsbls in ozq~e tobaccos and tobacco product!tit is proposed °. thtt the Jbziea Asount bfulttion be adtpt.ed to the part4cul~r oondibionm under vl~Loh tobaooo 4s oult4~ted and under which tobacco products are consumed. ", :~heme l~ropoo~ls ~re based on smpZe and de~a~led reasons.They can • .° eu.e.d~ Q Q e....db .

b I . . I I i i XV. °. . ° be summa~£sed as £ollovo t 1, Rolation of All max~Jn~ mnounte to the tobacco of the tobacco product wh/ch is ready for use." 2. The same maxJJnum amounts for tobacco products as for yes,stable £oode tuA~£s. ~0 Znoroa.aed loyols o£toXerance :In special canon. Max|June amounts of 80 ppm £n the Qaso of d£tl~Locarbamatoo and of'f0 ppa for certain herbicides in the tobacco product that is ready for use. ~0 Rel~aoemento£ the lore toloz~nae love:is in the cane 0£ the oZomonts a~sonic,morcux~r and oo:Leniumby vox~r :Low maximum amounts which cozTospond to the amounts in which they occur naturally, 5, 2~ransit£onal rosulat£ous £or a stip~lLatod period in the case of Jose orfano-chlor:l~o capounde a) Res£duos of aldrin £sobontane chlordane heptachlor and d£o:Ldrin heptachloropoxide ondrin may no :Longer exceed 0,2 ppm from :L,~L,1975. b) For the sum o£ the z~te4duos o~" (DDT + TDB) a. maximum amount o£ 10 ppm may no :Longer be" exceeded £rom X.:L.:L976. The p~ov£no must be the puttAng throngh o£ the .l~eohib£tion 0£ .I i tz.eatmont in the ~owingcountz~Aoo.Tho oxtendod pez-Aodn o£1r~ace neoelJa:yu a triaJLtionaJL phase "on account of the persist- s ones oF the agents in the soiX and the storage time oF soversA • D ° years on the pe~t 0£ tobacco. -,6. Ro/uJLations For exceptions in the Naxinun Amount Re~tlation or • in an :Lsp~Lamontlnf rOKIL1kat4on to part. 11j,ooction 2,no.2 o£ the -, ";" .- .;' .. . . o" ..° • ~ ,°° mm=edb cx~ ~m=Mb.

., . m l "'° YO A o draft lay for the tot~ refo~ of the Foodstuffs Act,relating to p~t proteot4o~ qents used abroad which 8~e not psx~:Ltted ~n the FedeL~d hpublic t~t are not ntstd in the )4ax~Jmm Amount ReKulation8. YJa acoox~lance with ~a.14tseot'£on 1pno,2 of the Government dr~ for a law for the total z~£orsn of the Foods~uf£o Act(Fed- ez~ Cohno~L~ Paper 7~/71),£t £s prol~Lb~ted to put on to the ms~ot foodstuffs o~ tobacco products ££ there a~o present on them residual amounts of plant protection aKont8 that are not pontlttod :l J1 the Fodor8£ Republic and vh:Lch are not lo~slated for in the NaxJJsmAmounts ReKulatiOno Ye~ble foodstuf£o and tobaccos with residues of these aKents would therefore be excluded £rom ©ommorce from the moment this law comes into o££eot,oven ££ they are completely harmlees. Because o£ the.sto~Ko ~4me o£ tobacco beinK o£ masT yesesj tz~ns£tion~t periods o£ ~raco are also necossarF in this case. 7o $tand~zslprocedurss for the dstoct£on o£ residues o£ plant protect- s £on~ts. The pJont Feport on the ~ss£duos o£ psst£c£des.~n tobacco s~ld tobacco masks ~ be completed when £urther~osu~ts are a~ttl~bls £rom current ~st£j'at£On8o o° .. o. • . .o °:. ". .o , • ° • . W Q

A ]PI~J~¢II~ I~SZDb'~S ~ TOBACCO AND ~ TOBACCO Sl,/Ol~.. i • " (Nay 197.1.) ..... W sTocx UmDS nzvz oe urr. Q Zn~roduct£on A The prtcttoo of ~t protection in the cue of tobacco. Zntornational survey as of 1968 B Susmary of residue problems as of 1968 a AdAptation of plant protection to the requirements of the Go~nanNaxJi3mmAmounts Re/p~ILatlon -lh~Lted States --GI"OOO@" .-'l~rkey - Other lprovLnl~ oountr£os with any sldCnLt'£cant tobacco oxports to the Fodoz~L1L Ropubl£0 - ReKulations 4~ IT~ countries wh40h do not export to the Federal Republic D J~lLilpmsent 0£ le~slat£0n. • ~ o" .- oo o - Co --4 Q

t ~ODUOTZON. I i I ! J J 10 • ° The dleouselon about the draft of a MtxlnnAnount Resulatlon for plant pro•eerie• thtt took piece in.the seer of 1966 was taken as an oooasto~ ~o d~ect • oonsidermble part of the s~ienti£~c work be~J~ oax~iod out by C01~STA to the Ko~ of dlJoovorin~ • sgthgels between the neoessit~for plant pro•cotton JJz the o•se oF rebates and the z~quls~te control oF residues vh£oh s•tls££es the demand fo: reli&ble protection oF the oonsumer and at the same time takes trite account the peculiar needs of tobtooo grotrln~ and the peculiar- - ~t£es of tob4oco oonmumption. To tilL& end the £ollow~ ~utensive p=oKzqmme was sot up £rom 1966 for JJZtOr~attonsl sell&bore•tonal•bin the £x~movo~k oF CORESTAz 1, *Stook-takXnKt survey oF the use of plant pro•so•ion aKents ~u 23 8rovi~q countries throul~hout the world. 2, YJZtSz:ua~iona£ J~veetiK~ation8 4~to the optJJnum methods o£ pz~etis- laG plant pro•eerie•! - the outtJJ~baok on plant l~Oteotion •Bests as • result oF tJae m~Lt£Ys.tion OF mLrieties vlth :Lu~re~sed resistance - the testJ~q oF the loves• ef£eoti~s dose - the z~oonmend~tton o£vait~ periods(before oropp~uK) '-. - the test~nK oF now 8Kents with lover residues, 3,'The elaboa~t£on of methods o£ dotes•ion - the iz~es~i~ation oF the roduotion oF residues JJz the oourse of the prooessi~q of the .•obsess a~ter the haziest - th~ ~ryest£Kat£on of trans~tion ~nto the smoke and retention by oilpLrette filters, . 0 C~ ¢,J'1 C~

I I l .. .q | • u. • ., _.__ _ -_ .,.. : "" -" i-~Z-..~Nii~J -__ p -;::--. ~| • ........ ~ ~_ .~ ~ ..... ~.. ~ ~ ........... : ~O °" • . ~ a z~sult of these JotJlt ~vomti~t40n8 it m poee/ble to fo:~- ulato ~oo~endat40ns for tho ~uprovomont of ~he .p~aot4c~ mothods used 4, pl&nt protect40n in the 6TOVJJ~ oountr4es and du~Lug, the pol~ods 4n mtoraKo,a~d on the bas£8 of vh:Loh roooonond~tion8 many older mothodo veto ohanKed,The ~nternational pz'a6t:Loe of us~ pln~ ~rotoot£on apnta ud the ~portanoe of the4~r residues 8~0 ~4nod in looL~uroJ by ]P~ofoeeor ]HULt/oz- s~d Pro£esaor GuthrLo ~(:StookhoJLut1968) vh4oh s~ro reproduood :lJz tho £olXov:LinK pikes. £8 • L~az~hor result noaouro8 are denor4bod by vh£©h tho modern "pz~o~Loo of" pls~t proteotLon vls adtpted Ln the oane of tobacco to the roqu~ment8 of the Na~cimum. Amounts ReKul&t4on £n the most b 4mportsJ=~ JJportJ.nK oount~es. • L ° • • .. °* .. .° ..° .. (.~. u

. A The Pl~ot£ce o£ Plant Proteot$on ~1 the case of Tobacco. Xnternat£on~ Surveys as or 196~. kot~re givenbyProf. H.HAtler,Tobacco Rooearch ~otitute, Bergerac,.France. Zn the context of meastueos for the proteot£on oF the consumer the 8~voz~mon~s Of ~£ous oountr£es have lone s~uce laid down P mosd~=~oe restriotJJ~ the use of plant p~otoction agento.Znreoent • yos~es~hoveverpthe problem of the residues of theme "plant protection aKento has KaJJaed oono£dez~bly in.£mportanootand the'indications are the~ th£s importance couZd become even Kreator in the £ut~o. C01LBST£ ham x~wwyo clearly reoo~n£sed the ~mportanoo o£ this problem,but holds also the unoq~Lvocal eon~iction that statutoz7 regulationa concer~ing commerce in tobacco must be adapted in a ~ speo~ waT to the specific use o£ the f4nished tobacco products. The ovez~ problem was dtvidod,therefore,vith£n COREST& amonc the JJIdtv£dus~ workLuc teoJn8 so that the ~ndividus£ sts~es between the p]~nt~J~ o£ the tobacco p~8~t,the manufacture of the tobacco products and the trx~xition of the rosidtual subotances into the smokey ore able to be doalt~Zth in each case by the different study a~oups. As a st~z~ po4nt it seemed to be nocessaz7 to cart7 out a. stoak-~ak~nc ouzw~T ~Jzwh~ch ~t was establ£shed vh£ch ohem~cx~ eq~nts worm u~ed in tobacco ~ow~ and under wh~t cond£t~ono thAs took place. o°. .. ." : .° • .~ • . • . . °. ° N ¢,./'1 "

I I ..... o J The CORF~TA study ~roup mA~onomyW oonsequently carried out an o~J~the ~sars 1967and 1968 in the ~owLug eountr£om~tho rosu~Lts of wh~oha~o horo reported: The USe 9£ Plant ProteotionAKents, An enqu:lA7 ampng.the members of CORESTA produced 28 replies From 2~ oountt~£es.The evaluation oF the results oonsequently yields .a £a~L~ly accurate p£oturo oF the present situation and also pez~Lts to a oerta4~ extent pred£ot£ons oF ~ature denrelopments.AooordJJ~ m to the manner o£ appl£catlon of the plant proteotlon asent the • £ollowJJ~ areas of use were di££erent£ated: - in ~he seed bed - on tht tobaooo field - after the hax-yost - in warehouses Xn each of these groups the £o3~Lowing d£stinot£ons yore uadet - po13~qLLent chem4oal oompounds used for a preparatory dlslnfectlon of the soils - Lnseot£c£des - FungioLdes.baoteri¢tdes .- k~ioides tad various other produotJ. The x~sult Is 8umar£ned in tables Z.- Y, Table Z Table ZX Table ZZ3; Table ZV Table ¥ -agents reguAa~lTused in the seed bed - agents oeoasionally used in the mood bed - agents regu~La~lyused infield cultivation - agents oooas£ona3~y uss~ in field oultivat£on -agents regula~lTused'inwarehouses. .;... ." . .. .0 .. O e...db. mnmd~ r%)