Bounding box tracelines in pdf

Hello assorted gurus and geniuses.
Apologies if this query isn't in the most appropriate forum, or if it has been answered a hundred times before. I have looked and failed to find, honest!
I produce a regular magazine (on InDesign CS4) with a full page photo on the front page and the masthead placed over the top of it, in traditional mag design style.
The masthead was created in Illustrator, I've since made copies as .EPS, .JPEG, .PSD etc, and have the same problem each time.
In InDesign it looks fine. If I export the page to a hi-res jpeg it looks fine. But when I convert into a pdf (whether through Distiller, export or print commands) it always leaves a trace line from the bounding box of the masthead. 
It's not a huge problem (in the past I've created a jpeg of the whole page and then substituted that for the InDesign page before making the pdf) but it's annoying the hell out of me! I've never encountered the same problem on any other page or with any other image.
Is there a setting somewhere I've missed? Is it a bug? Has anyone had this (or similar) problem before?
Any help, advice or pointers much appreciated.
Thanks
Ally
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Hello, you are sort of in the wrong area, this would be best answered in the Indesign forum, here.  However I can tell you, have a look at this post on Indesign Secrets here, and maybe for good measure this one too.
What happens when you export to PDF and use the smallest file size preset?

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