Friday, November 28, 2008

Melamine - a reason to get back to this blog

I have been so busy with my other blogs I had to let some go without posting....

But saw that I need to get back to this one as I read this news clip:
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula.

Food and Drug Administration officials set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in formula so long as a related chemical isn't also present. They said they are continuing to analyze the results of tests on 87 samples of infant formula, but of the 74 samples analyzed so far, one had traces of melamine below the new threshold and another had traces of cyanuric acid, a related contaminant. None had both contaminants.

That's key because studies so far show dangerous health effects only when both chemicals are present, said Dr. Stephen Sundlof, FDA's director of food safety.
Full article: here

I'm sorry - but why we "allow" a certain amount of something like melamine in baby food [or adult food] is beyond me. In China lots of it went into food and we were unhappy - but when it's in food produced here - we don't see so much yelling...because in the name of greed and profit - we "allow" melamine and contaminants in the food our babies eat...


I hope come January 20th we have new policies concerning food safety - especially infant food safety!