USE ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE TO PRODUCE VACCINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700050557-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 557
• Publication Date: April 8, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY German ;_c.ccratic Republic
SUBJECT Sciert.i='i.. - Medicine
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LANGUAGE German
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TORE Ay?P. -'Ml HYDROXIDE TO PRODUCE VACCINE
Several thouictrl icilo,raie per week of active aluminum hydroxide are being
shipped by the Nitrite Factory in Berlin-Xoepenick, sole producer of aluminum
hydroxide it the,O?emc,c-atic Republic (GDR), to the Institut fuer Tier.
seuchenbek-empfu.. (Institutc for Veterinary Diseases) on the Island of Riems,
which produces vaccines for animal. J.L:eses.
Aluminum hyd^or_de i, the bzl,ic substance used in the production of sera
to h :nf??nDd-uouth disease and erysipelas. The compound is also used
to produces dip th~.ria, typhus, and tetanus vaccines. The active ingredie_E is
obtained : om calves kepi, by 'he VIFi (Federation of People-Owned Enterprises)
for Food. and inne.i Goole in Berlin. Eohenschoenhausen. On the Island of Riems,
the two agents rre then c,;mrir.?.d to ur?oduce the vaccine.
The alum. nun, hydroxide must be kept at a constant temperature of 6 degrees
(Celsius). Therefore, the institute is notified by telegraph when the trucks
which tarry the glass carboys contair:ing the compound leave, so that prepa-
rations can '.,e made for unloading immediately on arrival.
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