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SRC-/PMW/46DI10
R.tl. Gibb Esq.,
Imperial Tobacco Limited,
P.O. Box 6500
Rontreal
Dear Bob,
l6 th November, 1931
Whilst attending a course at BIBRA last week, I
inet
a Dr. Eva Kovacs fron. the Canadian Ninistry of
Health. I
understood that she i5 in the U.K. for two to
three months,
spending most of the time at BIBRA, but that she
will also be
visiting the Shc1l toxicological laboratories at
Sittingbourne,
and one or two places in London (I)IISS?).
Although you may well Rnow her, I believe that the
main
topics which she 'covers are pesticides, and food
additives.
Nevertheless, because of the shortages of sta'ff
and the workload
I got tile impression that she was askad to tackle
a variety of
jobs.
Durin& tile week I talked to her on a couple of
occasionst
usually at coffee tii.-te. Although I indicatea a
connection with
ITL, we did not directly discuss additives to
tobacco. Puch of
the conversation centred on the relations between
the Industry and
the Government. She seenzdkeen to foster such
discussions and was
critical of tile situation in the States compared
with the normally
good relationships in the U.K. I commented that it
seemed very
sensible that we were able to talk "in confidence"
to the Scientific
Secretariat of the DIISS; she felt that the
situation in Canada was
reasonable, although it was stlll coloured by the
spill-over from
the States. Her view was that the Ministry did not
want to follow
the U.S. pattern despite the obvious pressures. I
thought you would
like to be aware of the contact, and of the gist
of the discussions.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,,7
CX:)
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S.R. EVELY,
bcs: Dr. L.C.F. Blackman
Mr. A.L. Heard
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 9
November 1999