MDS Analytical Technologies Announces Validation of Two More Kits for High-Throughput Detection of Melamine in Food

Protocols developed for assay kits from Beacon Analytical Systems and Romer Labs for use on SpectraMax(R) microplate readers with SoftMax(R) Pro analytical software SUNNYVALE, CA, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Analytical Technologies, a leader in innovative solutions for ...

Low Doses of Melamine Won't Harm Kids' Kidneys

Hong Kong researchers found most of those exposed to tainted products were OK THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Low doses of melamine did not cause severe kidney problems in children exposed to the industrial chemical during the recent tainted milk scandal in China, Hong Kong resea...

Applied Biosystems – Part of Life Technologies – Helps China Respond to Melamine Contamination in Dairy Products : Government and Industry Increase Contaminant Testing to Increase Food Safety

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that the Chinese government and two leading food manufacturers are implementing its mass spectrometry-based technologies for food analys...

International Formula Council Statement on Melamine and Infant Formulas

ATLANTA, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Formula Council* (IFC) today issued the following statement: "In light of recent reports regarding melamine and infant formula, the International Formula Council and its members reassure parents and health professionals that infant formula...

Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination

The melamine contamination of pet food continues to takes it toll in the US. Now a hog farm in the Stanislaus county in Calinfornia //was placed under quarantine following detection of the industrial chemical melamine in pig urine in the farm. Additional testing was under way to determine if th...

Synutra Annual Report on Form 10-K Includes 'Going Concern' Explanatory Paragraph from Auditor

...ales and narrowing losses demonstrated in our third to fourth quarter sequential results demonstrate our progress thus far." As a result of the melamine incident and the related product recall, Synutra experienced significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations for the fiscal year ...

Tainted China Formula Caused High Rate of Kidney Stones in Kids

... Almost 10% of infants who ingested melamine developed deposits, study finds WEDNES...ren have a major ongoing health risk from previous melamine exposure through their infant formula." melamine is an industrial chemical found in plastics and ot...

Rodobo International, Inc. Files Fiscal Year 2008 SEC Form 10-K

... of our products among customers. We have not been implicated in the recent melamine contamination problems. We will continue to leverage our superior quality c...s consumers seek out quality products in the wake of the recent wide-spread melamine contamination scandal, we are using a forward looking statement. These forw...

CU Statement on FDA Position on Mercury From Fish Consumption

... in addition to the recent news about FDA's questionable process of evaluating the risks associated with bisphenol-A, and the agency's handling of the melamine crisis, show the desperate need for a comprehensive overhaul of the agency. The agency continues to falter in its responsibility to protect American ...

Scientists, Physicians, Health, and Environmental Justice Advocates to New Obama EPA Director: 'We Look Forward to Toxic Chemical Regulatory Reform'

...tion. With so many different chemicals in our environment, such as bisphenol A, brominated flame retardants, polyvinyl chloride, perchlorate, melamine and other chemicals, the situation requires regulatory policy that will stem the illness linked to chemical exposure, and protect future generations. ...

Melamine in Medical Technology

Tainted Chinese Food Ingredients First Discovered in 2005

...llenge to do things right," says Kolb. Since 2005, the issues surrounding low quality products produced in China persist as a reflection of the recent melamine crisis involving pet food. According to Loren Israelsen, executive director of the United Natural Products Alliance, a trade organization representin...

Melamine in Medical Dictionary

Nephrolithiasis

...ese Infants ... heritability of idiopathic nephrolithiasis . J Clin Pathol 2004; ... Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine -- melamine and Nephrolithiasis in Children in Taiwan ... Nephrolithiasis and a history of residence in ... Text of print edition, as well as web-only con...

Melamine in Biological News

Infant formula adulteration with melamine underscores need for better detection methods

Rockville, Md., June 17, 2009 Following the recent adulteration of infant formula and other milk products with the industrial chemical melamine, the U. S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is holding an international workshop this week to explore better ways to detect deliberately falsified protein ...

Researcher: Lasers used to detect melamine in baby formula

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - With equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula. Using infrared lasers and light spectroscopy methods, Lisa Mauer, an associate professor of food scie...

University of Minnesota research leads to new technology to protect human health

...that is used in Bioo Scientific's new MaxDiscovery melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection of melamine contamination in food. melamine is an industrial chemical that killed six Chinese ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 13, 2009

...s. Certain food manufacturers, however, have added melamine to food products marketed for humans and domestic ... and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines limiting melamine in dairy products to 1 part per million (ppm) or l...e techniques take as little as 5 minutes to detect melamine and are relatively simple to use, requiring little...

Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems

...dentally contaminated food and terrorism via intentional contamination lies the counterfeiter, seeking not to harm but to hide the act for profit. The melamine incidents are such examples. As an industrial chemical that mimics protein content in tests was added to milk and subsequently created kidney problems...

Link possible between pet food contamination and baby formula contamination

...ls on behalf of the Society of Toxicology, describes the kidney toxicity of melamine and cyanuric acid based on research that was done to characterize the toxic...he research described in the paper identifies the principal contaminants as melamine and cyanuric acid. Neither of these compounds is very toxic when administe...

Melamine in Biological Technology

Waters Publishes Rapid and Specific Method of Detection for Melamine in Infant Formula and Liquid Milk, in Support of China's Ministry of Science and Technology

MILFORD, Mass., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) today published a rapid method for the detection of melamine in infant formula and liquid milk as outlined by requirements of China's Ministry of Science and Technology (M.O.S.T.). The new method uses Waters(R) ...