Posts tagged melamine

• FDA is Understaffed, Underfunded, and Can’t Handle Food Inspections

  Mike Ferrara | January 25, 2009 12:02 AM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This week, Dr. Steven Nissen, the current chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic who may soon become head of the Food and Drug Administration under President Obama, said that...

• Chinese Dairy Producers Agree to Compensate Victims for Melamine Poisoning

  Mike Ferrara | December 27, 2008 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The industrial chemical melamine, discovered in toxic amounts a few months ago in Chinese infant formula and other milk-based products, and later in trace amounts in US infant formula, has thus...

• Melamine Discovered in US Infant Formula -- FDA Changes Tune about the Risks. Don’t Trust the FDA on this one!

  Camryn Hansen | November 27, 2008 1:04 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Happy Thanksgiving! Remember the industrial chemical melamine that was found in Chinese infant formula after it had killed several Chinese babies and sickened thousands of others? At the time, the...

• Is that a Brazilian Banana in Your Pocket? USDA Now Mandates Food Labels Listing Country of Origin

  Mike Ferrara | September 30, 2008 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Beginning Tuesday, September 30, a new USDA law over four years in the making will require retailers to list the country of origin on a lot more of the foods they sell. Though the law is...

• Melamine Making the FDA Crack Down on Food at US Ports

  Mike Ferrara | September 22, 2008 2:24 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration assured the American public that infant formulas sold here in the United States do not contain melamine, the toxic chemical that was recently found...