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Testing for melamine at UC Davis (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
According to an AP report, Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in baby formula, provided a related chemical is not present. They insisted the formulas are safe.
Dr. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's director of food safety, said Friday the agency was confident in the 1 part per million level for either of the chemicals alone, even though there have been no new scientific studies since October that would give regulators more safety data.
In China, melamine in formula killed at least three babies and made at least 50,000 ill. There have been no reports of illnesses in the United States.
Three formula products sold by Abbott Laboratories, Nestle and Mead Johnson, which produce more than 90 percent of all infant formula made in the United States, were found to contain traces of melamine or a related chemical.
An FDA official said it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for American parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it. "The levels that we are detecting are extremely low," Dr. Stephen Sundlof, told the AP. Parents "should not be changing the diet. If they've been feeding a particular product, they should continue to feed that product. That's in the best interest of the baby."
There is no doubt the question of which formula products contain zero amounts of melamine will be on the minds of many parents. Those companies may seem a healthy increase in business in the coming months.
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