| ■ FDA Insists Melamine Found in Infant Formula Poses No Threat | 2008.12.02 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continued to insist Wednesday that trace levels of the industrial chemical melamine detected in some U.S. infant formulas pose no threat to infants. Last month, the agency said it couldn't identify any level of melamine exposure as safe for infants, the Associated Press reported. But Consumers Union, the national consumer advocacy group, and the Illinois attorney general, Lisa Madigan, demanded that the FDA issue a recall of the products. Previously undisclosed FDA tests showed the agency detected melamine in a sample of one popular infant formula and the presence of cyanuric acid (a chemical relative of melamine) in another brand of formula, the AP said. A third manufacturer admitted it found trace levels of melamine in its infant formula. It's believed the melamine contamination occurred during the manufacturing process. The three products are sold by Abbott Laboratories, Nestle and Mead Johnson, which produce more than 90 percent of all infant formula made in the United States, the news service said. |