MEMO FROM TX

TO: .
J. LEDERBERG WH ct A C Rc
GENETICS DEPARTMENT RO
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Q harks
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA
JUL 16 1970

Of course (!!!2727) my simple solution was
ironic. It was in response to the previous
item, copy enclosed.

Your attorney may disagree, but unless peni-
cillin were intentionally added to a food
(which would be barred by its standing as

a refistered drug limited to prescription
use) it would not be covered by the De Laney
cancer clause as written. (This specifically
excludes pesticide residues, for example,
which must still pass criteria of safety-~
which, I strongly agree, are much abused.)

Whatever Julium M. Coon said, I know that
Dr. Jean Mayer, the White House consultant
who organized the conference, sakes a stron-
ger view.

As you have evidently missed some of my
other writings on food additives, I enclose
a set. Please do not be shy about recipro-
cating.

Sincerely