About one year ago I got this information:
"Melamine scares widens to fish feed"
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-09-02.asp
A part of this article states:
<<A risk assessment completed by five different U.S. agencies found that even under the most extreme scenarios, the potential exposure from consuming meat from hogs and chickens known to have been fed animal feed containing melamine "was about 2,500 times lower than the dose considered safe," said Kenneth Petersen, assistant administrator of the Office of Field Operation of the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service, who also testified.
The low risk is due to the high dilution of the contaminant, first discovered in some pet food in the United States. Some of the pet food unknowingly was sent as salvaged feed to various hog, poultry and fish farms throughout the country, the Acheson and Petersen said.
"Melamine was found in only one ingredient of pet food, which was only part of the total feed given to some livestock. In addition, melamine and its analogs are not known to accumulate in the animals. Finally, those animal products are only a small part of the average American diet," Acheson said.>> [Dr D. Acheson, FDA]
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>From : owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu
To : "Scher, Gregory R CW3 MIL USA FORSCOM" gregory.scher@us.army.mil
Cc : seafood@ucdavis.edu
Date : Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:47:36 -0500
Subject : RE: Entry point of melamine???
> There has also been a report of Melamine in South Korean fish feed - over
> 400 tons was sold before the melamine was identified. Another entry point,
> would be my guess.
>
> Toni Manning
> Dir. Consulting
> Strasburger & Siegel, Inc.
> "Laboratory Services for the Food Industry"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf
> Of Scher, Gregory R CW3 MIL USA FORSCOM
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:53 AM
> Cc: seafood@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Entry point of melamine???
>
> If China exports powdered milk products then yes. Many dairies around the
> world reconstitute powder for fresh and UHT milk. Powder is also used to
> bump up milk solids in Ice Cream production.
>
> v/r
>
> CW3 Gregory Scher
> Deputy Commander, Food Safety
> 218th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Service)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Purwiyatno Hariyadi <hariyadi@inrr.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:20
> Subject: Entry point of melamine???
> To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
>
>
> > Dear All
> > Case of (intentional contamination) of melamine in pet and now
> > in food (milk formula) in China is very alarming. I'm just
> > wondering; is there any other point in our food system at which
> > melamine can enter (intentionally)?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Purwiyatno Hariyadi, PhD
> > Southeast Asian Food & Agricultural Science * Technology
> > (SEAFAST) Center
> > www,seafast.ipb.ac.id
> > BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
> > BOGOR INDONESIA
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mariduena, Leonardo" < wrote:
> > Dear Francisco:
> >
> > Imitation crab meat is surimi, some days ago appears in this forum seval
> links about this subject, I recommend to revise those.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Leonardo.
> >
> > Leonardo S. Mariduena, Blgo. MPhil
> > Gerente General
> > Inspectorate del Ecuador
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> >
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] En nombre
> de Francisco Camino
> > Enviado el: martes, 23 de septiembre de 2008 14:02
> > Para: seafood@ucdavis.edu
> > Asunto: imitation of crab meat
> >
> > Dear colleagues:
> >
> > Someone of you can help me giving me a quantitative and/or qualitative
> formula of the imitation crab meat. I only want aprox. formula if you don't
> want give me your secret formula. If not you can give me a web site where I
> can find this information.
> >
> > I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Francisco Camino
> > Seafood QC Specialist
> >
> >
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