MELAMINE. A POTENTIAL PROBLEM FOR ANIMAL AND HUMAN HEALTH AS ADULTERANT IN FOOD ESPECIALLY IN MILK

Revista de Salud Animal

Escobar, A¹  Ponce, P¹  Sosa, Dayana¹  Faure, R¹  Vega, S² 

[1] Centro Nacional Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), La Habana, Cuba;Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

关键词: melamine;    adulteration;    milk;    analytic methodsINTRODUCCIÓ;    N La adulteració;    n de los alimentos constituye una prá;    ctica fraudulenta y tiene fines econó;    micos al alcanzar productos má;    s baratos;   

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学科分类：兽医学

来源: Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

【 摘 要 】

Melamine is a chemical substance used in the manufacturing of plastics, which added to the milk constitutes a risk for human and animal health, if it is consumed. The presence of melamine in the milk or another food can happen in a natural way, by adulteration or metabolic transformation of the pesticide cyromazine. In the present review, the antecedents of melamine adulteration in foods are showed, the toxicological aspects and a compilation of criteria from different experts about the advantages and disadvantages of the analytic methodology for the melamine determination in foods are analyzed. CENLAC department from the National Center for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), has implemented an analytic methodology which facilitates to detect adulteration problems and the presence of residuals and contaminants in milk allowing the evaluation of food safety.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC