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FDA wants information on economically motivated adulteration of food

The U.S. Food& Drug Administration wants to gather ideas on how to deal with the deliberate contamination of food and pharmaceutical products for financial gain. A prime example of the problem was the Chinese melamine contamination case last year where milk was watered down and melamine was added to bringthe protein test back up to normal levels.

The FDA will host a meeting in College Park, Maryland on May 1st to “Stimulate discussion on how industry can better predict and prevent economically motivated adulteration (EMA) of food – including supplements and animalfood – drugs, medical devices and cosmetics.” FDA is looking for more information on those foods that are particularly vulnerable to EMA as well as how ingredients are tracked and possible inadequacies in the contaminant detection process. They want to know what is being done and what couldbe done by industry regulators.

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