Friday, December 5, 2008

WHO sets limitations on use of melamine (AP)

Newborn babies lie at hospital in Beijing on December 1, 2008. The World Health Organization on Friday issued safety limits for melamine levels in food as international concern mounted over a widening tainted food scandal in China.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, but it joined the U.S. and EU in setting a strict limit that regulators should impose before pulling products off the shelf.


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