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Is milk the only product from China contaminated with melamine? What about flour?

April 26, 2017China contaminated flour melamine milk Product

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Is milk the only product from China contaminated with melamine? What about flour?

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Melamine is sometimes unethically added to food products in order to increase the apparent protein content. Standard tests such as the Kjeldahl and Dumas tests estimate protein levels by measuring the nitrogen content, so they can be misled by adding nitrogen-rich compounds such as melamine.