Recommendations Concerning Standardisation Of Melamine ...

At the end of November 2008 high levels of melamine were found in batches of soy meal used as a raw material for animal feed. Furthermore, similar levels of structural analogues of melamine, such as cyanuric acid, were also found. We may conclude that, owing to a possible synergy between melamine and cyanuric acid, this exposure may have had an adverse effect on animal health. Given that the exposure of consumers to melamine and its structural analogues through potentially contaminated animal products was low, we may conclude that there was probably no risk to public health as a result of this... Mehr ...