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Melamine found in U.S. infant formula, FDA hides names of manufacturers‏

Submitted by see-thru on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 12:00
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the fda needs to be FIRED ASAP!!!!

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When the FDA found out that U.S. infant formula products were contaminated with the deadly chemical melamine (which it promised would never happen), instead of alerting the public, it chose to HIDE the names of the companies. Only after the AP filed a Freedom of Information Act request did the FDA reluctantly hand over the names of the manufacturers. Read this shocking story of yet another FDA betrayal of the American public here:

http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000554_melamine_infant_formu...

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God help us

Submitted by JKap on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 17:57.

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"...a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." -John F. Kennedy

Protecting their paymasters again?

Submitted by UKLooney on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 12:35.

Protecting their paymasters again?

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I didn't click on your link, I probably should have,

Submitted by Habit4ming on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 12:14.

but...in today's local paper there was an article stating that the FDA has set guidelines of 1 part per million (if my memory serves me well) of melamine being safe!
It is so absolutely ridiculous! Saying the words, "It is safe", does not make it safe...setting a guideline of "One part per million is safe", does not make it safe! ARRRGGGGHHH!

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Hiding? They're *approving*

Submitted by fanofwalt on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 12:31.

Here's the link to the story Habit4ming mentioned: FDA sets melamine standard for baby formula, which actually does identify brand names -- quick quotes; emphases are mine:

WASHINGTON – Less than two months after federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.

The setting of the standard 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 stated in early October that it was unable to set a safety contamination level for melamine in infant formula.

Dr. Stephen Sundlof, FDA's director of food safety, said Friday the agency was confident in setting the 1 part per million level for either of the chemicals alone. although there has been no new scientific studies since October that would give regulators more safety data. He had no ready explanation for why the level wasn't set earlier.

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After saying it made an error in its data, the FDA on Wednesday produced these results: Nestle's Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron had two positive tests for melamine on one sample; Mead Johnson's Infant Formula Powder, Enfamil LIPIL with Iron had three positive tests on one sample for cyanuric acid.

Separately, a third major formula maker, Abbott Laboratories, told the AP that in-house tests had detected trace levels of melamine in its infant formula.

Those three formula makers manufacture more than 90 percent of all infant formula produced in the United States.

More at the article link.