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| US FDA/CFSAN Food & Cosmetic Announcements |
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| GC-MS Screen for the Presence of Melamine, Ammeline, Ammelide, and Cyanuric Acid |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| Laboratory Information Bulletin No. 4423. This procedure was initially developed by PRLNW and FCC to screen for the presence of melamine and some related compounds at a minimum reporting level (MRL) of 10 micrograms per gram and above in a variety of matrices using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. |
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| "Dear Colleague" Letter to the United States Food Manufacturing Industry,
Regarding Melamine |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| This letter is intended to ensure that members of the United States food
manufacturing industry are aware of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) serious
concern about the possibility that foods or food ingredients produced in China and exported
the United States may be contaminated with melamine or its analogues. |
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| FDA Launches Food Defense Awareness Training Kit for Employees in the Food Industry |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| FIRST tool kit teaches how to reduce the risks of food contamination. |
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| Employees FIRST - Food Defense Awareness for front-line food industry workers |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| Employees FIRST is an FDA initiative that food industry managers can include in
their ongoing employee food defense training programs. Employees FIRST educates front-line
food industry workers from farm to table about the risk of intentional food contamination and
and the actions they can take to identify and reduce these risks. |
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| FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavored Drink |
(Mon, 06 Oct 2008)
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased inspections and product testing efforts in response to the melamine contamination problem which originated in Chinese dairy products. As a result of the FDA's on-going testing program, the agency has detected melamine contamination in Blue Cat Flavor Drinks. The FDA advises the public not to consume this product and recommends that retailers and food service operators remove the product from sale or service. |
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| Interim Method for Determination of Melamine and Cyanuric Acid Residues In Foods
using LC-MS/MS: Version 1.0 |
(Mon, 06 Oct 2008)
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| Laboratory Information Bulletin 4422: Interim method for the determination of melamine and cyanuric acid in foods using liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry. This method has not undergone the rigorous internal and external validation required for an official method. |
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| Determination of Melamine and Cyanuric Acid Residues in Infant Formula using LC-MS/MS |
(Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
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| Laboratory Information Bulletin No. 4421. A liquid chromatography triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for residues of cyanuric acid (CYA) and melamine (MEL) developed by the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has been adapted for use with infant formula. |
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| FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food |
(Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the results of its interim safety and risk assessment of melamine and melamine-related compounds in food, including infant formula.
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| Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans |
(Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
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| Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans |
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| Special Event Food Defense Assignment (SEFDA) Report - September 2008 |
(Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
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| The Special Event Food Defense Assignment (SEFDA) is the latest food defense related Food and Drug Administration (FDA) field activity. The SEFDA was designed as a proactive effort to prepare for the protection of food that would be served during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions as well as to develop a template for future special security events. |
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| Questions and Answers about Dioxins |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| The questions and answers on this page provide general information
about dioxins, a subject that can be complex and confusing. The materials presented
provide information about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) draft risk
assessment on dioxins. |
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| FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination (9/26) |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| FDA is alerting consumers that seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea
products manufactured in China are being recalled by the King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd.
due to possible contamination with melamine. |
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| FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination (9/23) |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| The FDA had contacted the companies who manufacture infant formula for
distribution in the United States and received information from the companies that they
are not importing formula or source materials from China. |
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| FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination (9/20) |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| The FDA had contacted the companies who manufacture infant formula for
distribution in the United States and received information from the companies that they
are not importing formula or source materials from China. |
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| Public Meetings about Product Tracing Systems for Fresh Produce |
(Mon, 22 Sep 2008)
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| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing two public meetings
regarding product tracing systems for fresh produce. The purpose of the meetings
is to and focus a discussion about mechanisms to enhance product tracing systems
for fresh produce and to improve FDA's ability to use the information in such systems
to identify the source of contamination associated with fresh produce-related outbreaks
of foodborne illness. |
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| FDA Proposes Label Requirements for Refused Imported Foods |
(Thu, 18 Sep 2008)
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed rule designed
to reduce a practice known as "port shopping" which puts the safety of imported food at risk. |
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| FDA Issues Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula |
(Fri, 12 Sep 2008)
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| The FDA is advising caregivers not to feed infant formula manufactured in China to infants. |
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