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Table 4 Global examples of Melamine contaminated levels

From: Melamine contamination in nutritional supplements - Is it an alarm bell for the general consumer, athletes, and ‘Weekend Warriors’?

Product

mg/kg

Product

mg/kg

Animal Feed

3.3 – 21,000

Liquid milk

8.6

Beverage (coffee/orange juice

2

Contaminated Foods

0.38 – 945

Powdered milk products

1 – 6.196

Processed Food and Ingredients

0.6 – 6.694

Powdered infant formula

0.1 – 2.563

Whole eggs

2.9 – 4.7

  1. http://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/chemical-risks/melamine/en/ (Accessed on the 10th December 2014)