Melamine food contamination: Relevance to Canadian children

Risks associated with melamine and related triazine contamination of food

Recent adulteration of milk products with melamine (ME) in several countries caused adverse health effects and even deaths in infants. Earlier, in 2007, contamination of pet food with ME and its related contaminants was associated with many clinical cases of canine and feline nephrotoxicity, and in some cases mortality. ME is a triazine compound that is often detected with other triazine analog...

Melamine Contamination of Infant Formula

Melamine Contamination of Infant Formula in China: The Causes, Food Safety Issues and Public Health Implications

Bacterial contamination of food.

Man is a creature of his environment. He shares its hazards with many other living organisms and for most of the time achieves a measure of peaceful coexistence with them. But the balance is a delicate one, and very minor changes, such as an imperceptible rise in humidity or fall in temperature, may upset it surprisingly (Christie, 1971-2). Man is also a great manipulator of his environment and...

Low rate of proteinuria in children after exposure to low-dose melamine: no predicted false positivity due to melamine.