Yes, it's come to this. We now need a test kit that will test baby formula for the presence of melamine. University of Minnesota researchers identified an enzyme that can create a color change in milk or formula that has been laced with melamine. As a reminder, last year, six Chinese babies died and more than 150,000 were hospitalized after drinking formula that had been treated with melamine, in order to fool protein tests (melamine can look like protein when added to milk and formula).
This is good news for a really sad problem. BIOO Scientific, which specializes in food safety testing equipment, is going to test the kit in the near future. It sounds like the test will be used mainly by companies and corporations, but I wouldn't be surprised if, at some point, a home test kit becomes available.
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