USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will begin testing domestically produced meat and poultry products for melamine. According to the FSIS notice, “sampling will focus on those meat and poultry products that contain milk-derived ingredients such as non-fat dried milk, casein, whey, evaporated milk, and milk powder.” This includes the following five types of retail products:
1. Baby food (containing a significant amount of meat or poultry products);
2. Cooked sausages (including hot dogs or frankfurters with and without cheese products);
3. Breaded chicken (bite sized morsels or nuggets with and without cheese products);
4. Meatballs;
5. Meat and poultry wrapped in dough and pizza (including calzones).
The Agency intends to collect and test a total of 45 samples per week over a 12-week period.
