SPECIAL REPORT: Melamine Contaminated Food

Melamine

On September 12, 2008, in light of reports from China of infant formula contaminated with melamine, the FDA issued a Health Information Advisory to pro actively reassure the American public that there is no known threat of contamination in infant formula manufactured by companies that have met the requirements to sell such products in the United States. That advisory also warned members of Asian communities in the United States that infant formula manufactured in China, possibly available for purchase at Asian markets, could pose a risk to infants. No Chinese manufacturers of infant formula have fulfilled the requirements to sell infant formula in the United States.
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REUTERS - The discovery in Hong Kong of eggs contaminated with melamine has confirmed what experts have long feared; that the chemical is deeply embedded in the food chain.
FACTBOX: What's melamine and how did it get into eggs? | Top News | Reuters
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Melamine by itself is nontoxic in low doses, but when combined with cyanuric acid it can cause fatal kidney stones due to the formation of an insoluble melamine cyanurate.[12] Melamine is described as being "Harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant." However, the toxic dose is on a par with common table salt with an LD50 of more than 3 grams per kilogram of bodyweight.[13] FDA scientists explained that when melamine and cyanuric acid are absorbed into the bloodstream, they concentrate and interact in the urine-filled renal microtubules, then crystallize and form large numbers of round, yellow crystals, which in turn block and damage the renal cells that line the tubes, causing the kidneys to malfunction. Beware of some product that is affected by Melamine................

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HONG KONG, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Hong Kong mother Shirley Lo stocked her refrigerator with soy milk and switched to buying imported chocolates for her son after melamine was found in baby formula and milk products in China. But when eggs from China tested positive for melamine in Hong Kong late last month, Lo threw up her hands in despair. "It's horrifying," she said. "It's clear it has gone into basic foods and into our food chain. My son has been trying to comfort me, saying he must be very strong because his body must be full of this stuff and yet he is not sick". The discovery of melamine in eggs as well as in baby formula, milk products, biscuits, chocolates and other foodstuffs containing milk derivatives confirms what experts have long suspected; that the chemical is deeply embedded in the human food chain.
FEATURE-Melamine contamination highlights human food chain risks - Forbes.com
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