FDA Greenlights Chinese in Global Melamine Bidness

wkmac

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Well it helped that it seems Melamine was also found in American food products.

FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula

By JOAN LOWY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD – 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula. Now, however, they found a way to settle on a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.
Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in formula, provided a related chemical is not present. They insisted the formulas are safe.
The development comes days after The Associated Press reported that FDA tests found traces of melamine in the infant formula of one major U.S. manufacturer and cyanuric acid, a chemical relative, in the formula of a second major maker. The contaminated samples, which both measured at levels below the new standard, were analyzed several weeks ago.
The FDA had said in early October it was unable to set a safety contamination level for melamine in infant formula.

Just what is melamine anyway?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine

Now that FDA has given it's blessing, do you still feel safe? Is FDA's true goal one of making sure the public is safe or is it to only give the illusion of safety while using it's regulatory arm to quash competition and provide a type of monopoly business environment? Monopoly! How can that be free enterprise and free market?

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