Melamine in Milk

The journal Environmental Health Perspectives is publishing an article on the incident in September 2008 in which thousands of Chinese citizens fell ill from consuming milk that had melamine deliberately added to it (in order to boost its protein content). The authors discuss factors that contributed to the severity of the incident, including delays in reporting and the complexity of international trade of food products and ingredients. They emphasize the need for rapid international collaboration, data sharing, and use of common testing and reporting methods to manage future food-safety incidents. The link to the article is here.