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Melamine came to prominence as an illegal additive to pet food and infant formula to increase the apparent protein content. Melamine metabolises to cyanuric acid and, in combination, the two compounds complex and can form dangerous crystals in the kidney causing serious health problems. The adulteration of foods with melamine is still a risk.
Improved testing is required to highlight melamine within foodstuffs. Simple nitrogen identification tests cannot now be used to highlight & quantify the protein content within foodstuffs. With more complex testing activities, improved quality assurance activities are required to maintain high standards of testing accuracy to safeguard your laboratory's credibility.
Fapas proficiency testing can form the basis of your quality assurance activities, providing a snapshot of your testing ability. From this you can uncover areas within which to improve your testing ability, and remove suspected bias from your results. Fapas proficiency tests are immediately comparable to your routine analysis, due to the use of real food matrices within this proficiency test.
Milk powder is a key ingredient within many foodstuffs, such as infant formula, or as a stand alone product. Due to those consuming significant quantities of milk powder being infants, the importance of maintaining low to no concentrations of melamine cannot be underestimated.
