REUTERS US FDA to test food glutens for contamination [GXKJHZC]
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it will test imports of wheat gluten, corn gluten, corn meal, soy protein, rice bran and rice protein concentrate to detect any contamination with melamine.
The materials are used to manufacture both human and livestock feed, the FDA said.
"We're going to target firms that we know are receiving imported products," said David Acheson, chief medical officer of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "The goal is obviously to sample as much as we can."
Melamine, used in plastics and fertilizer, was recently found in wheat gluten and rice protein, both used in some U.S. pet foods.
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24Apr07 20:29 GMT
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