GENEVA — An international food safety meeting set the first global limits for melamine contamination in food and infant formula, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Melamine contamination in milk products was blamed for sickening nearly 300,000 babies and the deaths of at least six infants in China in 2008. Melamine is an industrial chemical used in making plastics, fertilizers and even concrete, but can also fool tests checking the protein content of dairy products.
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