Nutrition/Health Session
DAVID J RADZANOWSKI, RADZAN ASSOCIATES, 2107 CARVER STREET, MADISON WI 53713-1115, USA
ABSTRACT: Two years ago, OSHA, in conjunction with NIOSH
and CDC, invited members of industries that handle or produce diacetyl
during their production processes to gather together and attempt to
define a reasonable safe exposure limit for workers exposed to the
chemical in the workplace. This was in reaction to the “popcorn lung”
that was detected among workers in the snack food and baking industries.
A few died, and many were disabled. The disease was attributed to
diacetyl exposure. After the meetings, the consensus seemed to be that
the limit should be somewhere around 1 ppm/day of exposure. This seemed
to exempt the brewing industry from concern since we have not found
diacetyl content in brewing products above 200 ppb. OSHA recently
published a proposed action limit of 5 ppb, which caught all
participants by surprise. While the brewing industry, at least at first,
would not be a “target industry,” we must be concerned and attempt to
have these limits reviewed. We will discuss the reasons for concerns.
David
Radzanowski began his brewing career in 1962, joining the Duquesne
Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA, after studying chemical engineering
at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University). After graduating with
the 1970 Siebel Institute Diploma Class, David was named the associate
supervising master brewer, sharing production responsibilities with the
vice president of production. With the closing of the Duquesne brewery,
David joined the Joseph Huber Brewing Company of Monroe, WI, in 1973 as
director of QC and assistant master brewer, eventually becoming master
brewer and vice president of production. In 1992, David joined the
Siebel Institute of Technology as vice president of educational
services, becoming president of the institute in 1998, serving until
2000. In 2000, David and his colleagues joined Alltech Inc., resulting
in the formation of the Alltech Institute of Brewing and Distilling
(AIBD) in conjunction with Herriot-Watt University. With Alltech, David
had a dual role as technical manager for Asia-Pacific, covering brewing,
ethanol production, and distilling, and as administrator of educational
services of AIBD. He is now president of Radzan Associates, offering
services to the brewing, distilling, and ethanol industries.
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