U.S. officials find trace of melamine in baby formula

Marie Tourville · November 2008

https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081125/ts_nm/us_food_melamine_infants

Ally3411 · November 2008

all brands? hello--- can they really release that without more details?

JollyGreenGoat · November 2008

That story is utterly useless! Why aren't they telling us what brands to look out for???

phanatic · November 2008

well that's just fantastic to know.

effers.

breezey2323 · November 2008

maybe this is a dumb question: what's melamine?

MJLloyd · November 2008

https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ad0_7hUvlFeI&refer=us

Of 77 samples tested, only one was found to have melamine, said Leon, who declined to identify the product.

?There?s no reason for concern because these are trace levels,? Leon said. ?They?re so incredibly tiny.?

The positive sample turned up as part of an FDA testing program begun after the chemical was found in Chinese products. The amount of melamine in the U.S. sample was ?well below? 250 parts per billion, Leon said.

I would still like to know which brand, but I'm not ready to panic yet.

RoRed5 · November 2008

for some reason i can't see the link. Sad

redstars93 · November 2008

where's the link???

this blows

di0607 · November 2008

Are they going to wait until babies start dying in the US to tell us which one tested positive?

meghan&tommy · November 2008

It's Enfamil.

https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6132465.html

MJLloyd · November 2008

di0607:
Are they going to wait until babies start dying in the US to tell us which one tested positive?

Take a deep breath! It was trace amounts of <250 ppb in 1 out of 77 samples.

mandyclaire579 · November 2008

Also, my MIL sent me an aricle from the NY Times. Basically, unless you eat and drink organic eggs and milk, you are getting it from your dairy.

The article briefly discusses how much the FDA says is ok and whatnot....

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/opinion/17mcwilliams.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=melamine&st=cse

Marie Tourville · November 2008

I don't know...the FDA also approved Phen Fen and only recalled it after HUGE uproars.

Basically melamine is used to up protein content and it has to be ADDED. Not cool and not okay in my book. In any amount.

Pelusa214 · November 2008

At the risk of starting a flame war, I wonder why it is safe to have "trace amounts" of formaldehyde, mercury and aluminum in vaccines but it's not safe to have "trace amounts" of melamine in formula. Hmmmmm FDA??

MJLloyd · November 2008

Hippy:
Basically melamine is used to up protein content and it has to be ADDED. Not cool and not okay in my book. In any amount.

From what I've seen it isn't added- they found trace amounts in 1 of 77 samples while testing for it because it isn't supposed to be in there.

If I'm missing something feel free to link me.

mandyclaire579 · November 2008

It is found in fertilizers and makes its way into grain, thus into the cow. So if the formula has milk protein in it then it can also have melamine. If any grain was purchased from China and then our cows eat them then it ups the chances. If soy plants are fertilzed with anything containing melamine, then that type of formula could have it.

But I don't know, that's just what I gathered from the article from NY Times.

chalmette · November 2008

Yo, there could be traces of melamine in breastmilk if an EBF mom has eaten something that contains it. Don't panic ... yet.

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